Aimlessly drifting, lacking direct… Unanchored, meandering out to sea Nimbus clouds, horizon to horizon Land nowhere near, miles away from… He bobbed in the waves, but nowher…

It hurts badly where my heart used… Heart, you stole; then vanished wi… My days ever since seldomly with g… You abandoned me; never told me wh… Discreetly! else I would have giv…

Purveyor of dreams Marketer of fantasies The doyen of thrills The audience he mesmerizes Through deceit and surprises

The Canyon’s Majesty The canyon calls! Its layers stee… In red and ochre hues the rocks ar… Where rivers shape the cliffs, as… While eagles soar through calm unb…

A Sonnet This faded photograph, so worn wit… Tis all he has to keep her memory Its colors pale, still emotions it… A relic saved, the past a reverie

Unfocused, my eyes were Only a silhouette I did see Only the outline of a soldier As I struggled to be free In a moment, I realized

Is love unspoken, any less intense… There are many times, words fail To express all the emotions I fee… Times when words are inadequate, Rather than convey, words can conc…

An Ode to the New Year One more twig in the branch of tim… But will it grow leaves this comin… Bear bright flowers by summer’s da… And fruits, as birds in early autu…

A gigantic tree, a hundred feet ta… Its canopy akin to voluminous drap… And its knuckled branches are twis… Into gnarly arthritic shapes. It’s been around umpteen generatio…

It’s always a sad day when I have… But such are the vagaries of life,… If we know not sorrow and do not g… We’d never appreciate joy and happ… Frankly, that’s the sad fact about…

Blazing hot as the sun reached its… Hostile, desertlike in the sunbake… But thick leaden clouds floating f… Tempering the blistering heat at l… A stiff breeze blew when it was mo…

The Story of Maui Island paradise in the blue ocean Blessed with benign winds and balm… Few clouds, skies blue to the far… Sandy beaches white, surf waves ne…

Behold! All the signs are here Time of troubles soon coming The winter chill in the air The north wind might’ly howling Furious fearsome hurricanes

center The embers rippled In the chilly nighttime breeze Red and white and shimmering Flames not so far away

Tis not the journey Tis not the destination Tis the company Tis the sacred brotherhood That they have pledged to uphold