Four dastardly horsemen on the war… Thus carnage destruction rain from… On the ground debris and bitter bl… Rockets’ red glare by pure hatred… Seeking revenge for all past injus…

A Sonnet She’s never seen the sun shining b… Surprisingly, the rays burn not he… Ne’er felt happier, pure joy from… Her whole body quivers; every fibe…

Aurora Australis... The Southern Lights in Antarctic… Ethereal flashes of brilliance Oscillated across the panoramic vi… Ripples of emerald and vermillion

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…

He hears the haunting whistle of t… And the hissing sound of shifting… While he crouched behind a craggy… Amid the wretched and barren waste… Sheltered from blistering rays of…

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

Thin line west to east Light cerulean sky above Blue ocean under Mystically bright Sunlight in the sky refracts

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…

Thank God, it’s Friday; week’s al… Bags packed, ready to go, come qui… The beach awaits; it’s gonna be su… For I’ll be spending time with my… I drive to work, my heart’s pitter…

When I write poetry, first I conc… And for hours, and maybe days, I… To find right words to use That will express my views And if need be, the old Thesaurus…

Been raining a few hours; a flood… Sent county wide; a dark, gloomy… Wanted to stay in bed, to my disma… Got a meeting at work; ten this mo… Turned the telly on; a power outag…

They met when high school days wer… Two souls of fourteen years with d… She gleamed with beauty, glowing i… Though not a handsome boy to every… His strength and mind were sharp,…

When they were young, the crowds h… That they would be together throug… But life had led them both where w… Diff’rent paths from that predicte… He often wondered how it came to p…

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

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