She loved the night’s gentle breez… As it touched her moonlit face Behind her, her arms he squeezed Eyes skyward, thoughts lost in sp… She leant back feeling at ease

Smiles in our faces, oh! this joyo… As the strings of the Ninth perme… A spring in our steps; a lilt in o… Joy in our hearts, there’s no room… For the world’s been reborn; sprin…

Once upon a time in a village by t… There lived a lady whom we shall c… She likes to work all day Till the sky’s dark and gray She toils non-stop for she loves t…

Early, I awakened this morning To watch the sun rise from the sea As always, this amazing feeling Exhilaration, as my spirit flies f… © F Aparici

center yes, cherries have pits, and doughnuts have holes life can be a bed of roses, or of red-hot coals!

center Once, a child I was A long, long time ago But mem’ries fading fast As grey cells slowly go

Hundreds of poems have I written Few have read them, fewer care But what bug have I been bitten? And why do I continue to share? I guess writing has me smitten

After sudden torrential rain Gliding soaring boding raven Mindful of extreme summer heat Searching for a sheltered haven On the branch of a looming oak

It’s all over, darkness is no more The thunder clouds have lifted And the morning mist has vanished Spirits of the night are now defea… The sun is brilliant up in the hea…

the movers came today; three short, muscled guys one by one they carried all of his possession… to the yellow truck,

The choir sang with joyful voices All hymns of thanksgiving and prai… Gloriously the world rejoices To heaven heartfelt tunes we raise The winter chill in the night air

Up high the red hawk hovered O’er the lush virgin forest Keen piercing eyes surveilling Hunting live prey for her nest Under the green canopy

Dark nimbus clouds are threatening But no! It won’t ruin my morning For with Nature I’m communing And to the Almighty I’m praying! The wind is strong, trees are sway…

worry and panic drag us down towards misery and despair often, we wear a big frown and love we can’t even share there’s no joy in the air

She loved him; with blind passion For in her eyes; he’s noble But scales distort her vision For he’s truly distasteful Trapped she was in the affair