Who to Tell When the Ear Has Turned Away?

by | Jul 22, 2020 | Poetry

Who to Tell When the Ear Has Turned Away? Wow! So unexpected and such a joy. A phone call out of the blue from a voice never expected to be heard again. Ever. So, the news is trying to burst from within. Who do I call? Who do I tell? With whom do I share the joy? . ....

Painting With Truth With Another Coat of Denial

by | Jun 20, 2020 | Poetry

 Painting With Truth With Another Coat of Denial Okay. Just this once I’ll admit it in this moment of weakness, as the blues mix with wet memories, not to dilute but rather to form a catalyst flowing through my veins. It finds the tempo of a primeval beat as it...

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...