Slipping Off to a Sand Dune*

by | May 26, 2020 | Poetry

Slipping Off to a Sand Dune Moonlight on the sand dune sounds like the start of some silly romantic cliché. But there we sat in the desert night,as the air turned cool following the relentless heat. Our bodies with a slight lean, mine to the left, yours to the right,...

One More Spin Around the Dance Floor*

by | Feb 29, 2020 | Poetry

One More Spin Around the Dance Floor I was thinking of you this morningwhen one of those old songs played.That’s not an unusual thing for mebut this morning memories squeezed harder.Ah, the price I pay for reminiscing againand stirring the same old worn-out pot filled...

Thoughts of Final Days

by | Jan 29, 2020 | Poetry

                                 Thoughts of Final Days Somewhere in the dark recesses of the late-night...

So I Just Held Her Hand*

by | Dec 28, 2019 | Poetry

So I Just Held Her Hand There was nothing I could doso I just held her hand.I had been sitting therefor more hours than I couldremember.She slept. I guess that is the right word.Her eyes were closedand she breathed quietly.There was nothing I could doso I just held...

Did Someone in Heaven Hold Him Close?

by | Nov 6, 2019 | Poetry

Did Someone In Heaven Hold Him Close? Did someone in Heaven hold him closethe night he was taken away?Did he cry?Lord, did someone wipe his tearsand tell it would all be all right?Did he know his mother would join himone day and hold him again?Was he mad at...