Faraway long, long ago Lived an old, grizzled wizard With long beard as white as snow But the eyes of a lizard He walks with a long-gnarled staff

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…

Romance, Anyone? when we satisfy our partners’ unspoken needs or desires, we get a soulful kiss, for we’re r… but when the action is prompted,

A New Way of Seeing It All In the dungeon, nothing but utter… That even without a blindfold, no… But in the upper room, we can see… The light exposes what is; and eve…

He kissed her lips; the world turn… The earth moved; things will never… This uneasy feeling; love is its n… She kissed him back; the world wen… They were teenagers when in love t…

A Sonnet Unforgiving fortunes, hammered by… His lonely existence somewhat unki… Fair worldly success he could neve… His best efforts always little too…

An Ode to the Enchilada– Just… At last, it’s Wednesday; I’m exci… I woke up early, a smile on my fac… Shaved, brushed and showered, all… Then coffee! Breakfast? Haven’t d…

After five days the egg hatches Atop a young snapdragon leaf The caterpillar starts to chew Its appetite beyond belief A few days its size quadrupled

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…

center Once upon a time, long ago She said she loved him; He wished it were so For without her, his world’s dim!

Dedicated to my Dear Wife The cloudy sky’s in white and shad… This early morning, as it waits fo… The sun’s putting on a magical sho… Turning raven clouds to deep indig…

Her reaction to the news quite emo… But others would have said simply… For hours and hours, she cried Cursed at those by her side And soon enough she became confron…

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 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…

Yellow bells blooming spreading go… Blue forget-me-nots compete for su… With pink geraniums and sweet lave… Morning glory blossoming in the vi… Inviting hummingbirds and butterfl…