Our backyard labor of love My wife chose all that’s in it Fruit-bearing trees solar lights The concrete bench where we sit Garlic society

center Late one autumn they met Serendipitously And ever since, He deemed himself lucky

My life was simpler before I met… Perhaps I realized not what’s mis… My world was threadbare, a room wi… No sun, no stars; skylarks don’t e… Before you, my world’s monochromat…

A Sonnet A magical sunrise to start the day With songbirds serenading from the… Leaves rustle gently in the mornin… The balmy air salty from ocean spr…

In our minds the beginning Of conscious innermost thought However, it’s in our hearts An idea spreads its root Nurtured nourished it’ll flourish

fathers and sons sons and fathers a relationship with unique dynamic… most times rewarding and immensely gratifying

Tender hopes are fading fast This pestilence will soon end The outlook gloomy and bleak Dim future the signs portend Sad days whenever you lose

Beads glistened down his bare arms As he walked eastward, towards the… Its rays just the warmth he needed On this chilly morning; autumn has… And it’s summer’s last hurrah befo…

Little mustard seed, windblown mil… Lands in fertile soil; blest with… In the morning breeze its yellow l… Surrounded by blossoms of every hu… Atop a green meadow, the tree stan…

Frigid morning Tongues of flame spurting atop a v… Heavy grey smoke by the wind, blow… In our balcony We watched the spectacle safely fr…

The sky’s ablaze at sunset Orange yellow deepest red Illusory tongues of flame A virtual firestorm has spread But then it’s momentary

I ‘m all alone nursing a mocha fra… Reading a novel, listening to musi… But my mind wanders; pleasant thou… Into my consciousness; images of m… People went in and out, ordered an…

A book is more than its leather bi… More than the gilded font in its t… It’s the tales in the pages unwind… The crux of the matter, that is vi… More than a warm skin and a beatin…

A straw in the wind; imminent mena… Stillness uneasy silent eerie calm Thick vapor-laden air nebulous haz… In a flash the sullen skies broke… Cloudburst sudden avalanche blindi…

A Haiku Blue green dragonfly Hopping blossom to blossom Whispering sweetly Wings of gossamer