I lie under the vine and look into the blue sky through the green-yellow leaves. Cockaigne... grapes grow into my mouth, drowsy,...

(Note: This poem was written before the Covid-19 pandemic, thus any reference to masks refers to metaphorical masks, not physical masks)...

Disappointment and heartache Yet one more chance for me. Relationships that end and break Drop me to my knee. Hope lined with...

There are maps of our choosing with a finite indifference to logic traversed too often despite knowing ruin awaits… This is where the...

Our bodies were designed as vessels of love, To succor and comfort the feeble, To give, even as we go without....

It is faith to price a flying life, When lacks hang in the air. It is faith to stare at the sun, When doom smiles from the start. It is...

A withered hand, a soggy bum, And wiry hairs out the nose. A nasal whistle, a hearing-aid hum, And blackened diabetic toes. Crevices...

As they take the native’s land, As their tribes they try to disband, As they hold no value for their life, A method better than the...

So far the glittering life has not blinded me and obscured my view. I see clearly in the bright glow. Although walls are being built...

Betrayed by the one who should have been there. Discarded for a mere handful of silver. How could you, after all we have been through?...

Regrets, if only I had. Regrets are plans that went bad. ____________________________________________________________________ Regrets by...

A fan, a friend, an enemy. A parent to a child, sometimes considered a frenemy. A relationship, a bond of clemency. Banded together by...

Twilight of life coming to a slower pace. Light from the sun appears less often. Lifeforms fattening and hunkering in place. White...

He forewarned me about the eccentric landlord who, for unspecified reasons had permanently locked the front door leaving a cantankerous...

Inside the frozen pond He submerges in the ice Breathing keeps him warm _________________________________________________________________...

Out of the hold of the mind’s deception, Stronger than the will of the heart, Spanning from thought’s conception, The warped mental tears...

Along the path of hope and dreams, My inner thought loudly screams Of sabotage to all that’s right To ruin all with just one night. To...

We do not mend we break letting time steal resurgent pain walking backwards to where we ended with promises. Sweet words made under...

As they sail across the rink, As their bodies interlink, As he throws her in the air, Seemingly impossible, with much flare. The world...

My body! My ability! My soul! O the strength of my muscles, The workload done by me. Who’s here to complete the task? O self! My self!...