Periwinkle skies, cold winter morn… After a stormy night of sleet and… Icicles in tree branches glistenin… Invitingly from the upstairs windo… The winter scene calls to her chil…

The afternoon clouds flew by until… Starlings by the thousands darkene… The air is still and heavy and sme… The rising crescent belied it was… He stands in the sidewalk alone, d…

Words are arrows that can maim whe… Once spoken it’s impossible to tak… But words unsaid are lumps in the… If left unspoken will turn a heart… Words are sharp weapons at man’s d…

When tomorrow starts without me Grieve not, for today has been goo… The morning sky almost cloud free And the soft breeze lightened our… Twas refreshing, don’t you agree?

Rugged mountains line the edge of… Majestic snow-capped peaks rise to… While ecru clouds float lazily up… Cumulus by playful west wind drive… A wedge of honking geese flying so…

The stagnant pond’s full of things… Covered with green algae; a putrid… From dead vegetation; but in early… White lilies bloom brightly in the… Quite mind-blowing how blossoms so…

The day’s been dreary Since break of dawn It poured all night, Rain clouds still threaten! The town’s celebrations,

He set his phone to play themes cl… Sat and bent down to tie his shoe… All set for a run around the oval A Chopin nocturne plays on his ea… When he saw her across the avenue

She walked in the sunshine in late… With her faded blue parasol to shi… From the scorching rays of the sum… In her Sunday’s best; in days gon… To a place about a mile out of tow…

A Sonnet to Brotherhood The brothers shall meet by Lake E… Before the autumn leaves fall from… In the last days of summer, there… Renew a kinship pledge from days o…

often, the truth is unwelcome so we choose to live a lie rather than accept what is real yes, we’d rather laugh than cry... a brave front we show the world

I. Conception He paused a bit; syllables he’s co… For he’s obsessed, enamored with s… Write he must, a poem about bluebo… Iambic pentameter; so constraining…

There it was… Anchored in the shore Our neighbor’s outrigger One hazy Saturday afternoon It’s so inviting

One wintry December night she van… From his life, perhaps never to re… Leaving him with quiet grief untar… He lay restless till dawn’s first,… He feels the emptiness settle, wid…

When the day bleeds into nightfall The warm setting sun paints the sk… Then it descends, the crimson ball From its lofty perch heaven-high The sky ignites with crimson fire