Quickly, time moves forward! All of the passing years Have caught me unaware... And soon the end appears Have I enjoyed the laughter?

We grew in a traditional household Where misbehaving is not an option Discipline and stern rules we must… But love always an expressed emoti… Six sons six daughters a dozen in…

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

when the truth hurts we lie when it’s uncomfortable we lie when we are fearful

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…

A Sonnet Wizened owls and battle tested eag… From faraway oceans and distant sh… They all came to roost to bond wit… To reminisce, lay down their weary…

Here we are again, the end of the… Reflecting on events that have hap… The past twelve months, from begin… With bright smiles, but at times s… Farewells to friends and loved on…

perfect lovely day ending magical the sunset otherworldly mystical minutes ago the sky’s crimson and… enchanting vista poets have extoll… but now willowy clouds calm the su…

The little seed’s imbedded in our… When first we hear the divine Wor… Fast, it will grow as soon as sin… And bloom abundantly in fertile so… On dark nights, the Word’s a lamp…

The sky is darkest in the midnight… When the new moon reflects not bor… The world appears mysterious but n… For the darkness conceals the eart… And all that’s visible are stars t…

The way that they met was truly co… Matter of fact, it’s downright hys… Floorboards had a gap He tripped, fell on her lap The initial attraction was purely…

For a life well lived, we mourn no… Though tears we shed to mark the e… And today, all of her loved ones;… To pledge never to let her memory… A virtuous woman, her worth far mo…

A Petrarchan Sonnet The emptiness engulfs her weary so… And nothing matters, she no longer… Oblivion welcomes, the abyss lays… She longs for sleep, to make her s…

A serpent moves with painted grace Its gilded scales in sunlight glea… Yet venom pools in dark embrace A silent threat beneath the sheen— Its tongue may flick with charm’s…

The first I remember reading Was a large geography book; But it was the first section Of the book that got me hook’d! Those first hundred pages or so,