The magic of October In full colorful display More pleasant temperatures To welcome the break of day Evenings be cool and balmy

First week of July, and the hot b… Envelopes the land, scorching all… The heat smothers, suffocating eve… And breathless, we dream of fall e… The autumn’s cool breeze, when sum…

always they come– tribulations, bi… heavy punishing rains or many days… losses, real or imagined, material… knock us down, fill us with paraly… but when dread and gloom inhabit o…

An Ode to St Croix A gentle breeze across the sand The salty air, the sea’s embrace The swaying trees in measured grac… A tranquil touch, a soothing hand

Truthfully, he wasn’t always old Though he blew away his youth As if there’s no tomorrow; That’s the unvarnished truth Surely, he has nostalgic memories

Be kind, be gentle! You’d never clean a dress with suc… A fireman’s hose would tear in two… Its power wrecks, and doesn’t mend… Like hard words that crush, never…

how does one describe a sunset, and craft into words the palette o… the interplay of the clouds, the s… the distant hills, the scent of fl… how the sun rays reflect on puffs…

by bright lights we’re blinded, we… in danger and pitfalls, we could w… so, we hold out our hands; we shie… fearful we’d be in harm’s way othe… but still we move onward, always h…

Soon, a date with destiny Be joyful the ninth of May Hopeful we’re not bystanders On this most propitious day There’ll be forces against us

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…

It’s the witching hour Yet my eyes still wide open Not a wink since when A dose of melatonin Perhaps I should have taken

A hot steamy night at the beach, b… He walks barefoot in the white san… Pensively at the starlit sky; the… Shining bright; he stood puzzled y… Yes, he’s alone tonight; but it’s…

Careless, he stepped on quicksand And sank slowly, precipitously Distressed, he stretched out his h… But sadly, grabbed on to thin air… Terrified, with all that he could…

Double Sonnets The mercury dropped precipitously Greater than twenty degrees Fahre… When the weather front traversed t… Lightning thunder rolled with fury…

Its outer bands, emissaries of des… A broad swath, it struck with merc… Funnel clouds spawned, trees uproo… Roofs blown, houses leveled with i… Then the heavens gushed; sheets of…