Where Love Once Danced

by | Aug 31, 2025 | Poetry, Words

                                I loved the man who held her hand,who walked with her so close that their shoulders brushed like whispered promises.Every step of his carried quiet joy,as though being beside her was the whole purpose of his life.He carried joy in the...

How I Would Have Loved to Grow Old With You

by | Sep 10, 2024 | Poetry

I would have loved to grow old with you.Yet here I stand, having made my way without you.Looking back, I see all those years relatively empty,filled only with what life tossed my way.I won’t say I never smiled or found joy in fleeting momentsor found success and...

Death Has No Power Over Love*

by | Aug 19, 2021 | Poetry

I never got to say “goodbye.” You did in the 1,917 word note you left where you shared  memories full of joy; full of sadness. Where you shared words of tenderness; words of love. Where you assured me it was not my fault; that there was nothing I...

Dancing With Jane in Three Acts*

by | Jun 20, 2021 | Poetry

Dancing with Jane In Three Acts ACT ONE My first words to Jane were asking her to dance. It wasn’t like I had seen her from across a crowded room and, as her eyes met mine, I knew I had to go and ask her. Actually, if the truth be known, I hadn’t seen her...

We Talk to One Another at Different Times*

by | Mar 3, 2021 | Poetry

We Talk to One Another at Different Times   We talk to one another at different times. I talk to you when I visitto stand at your place of rest.I speak aloud but softly.Loud enough for you to hearbut not enough to disturb the othersin resting places so near.My...

She Comes Here Sometimes in the Wee Hours

by | Jan 22, 2021 | Poetry

She Comes Here Sometimes in the Wee Hours She comes here sometimes.Almost always in the wee hourswhen sleep tries to hold tenaciouslyas if afraid to let go.Knowing the slightest break in the spellwould whisk me awayfrom the dreamsand the joy that often live there.And...

I Just Couldn’t Hold You Tight Enough*

by | Dec 16, 2020 | Poetry

I Just Couldn’t Hold You Tight Enough* I just couldn’t hold you tight enough.Couldn’t wrap my arms around you and squeezeall those black memories away.Lord knows I tried.Tried to keep the light shining in your eyes,that sweet smile on your lips.Most of the time, it...

It’s Not a Lot Things But it is Christmas

by | Dec 12, 2020 | Poetry

It’s Not a Lot Things But it is Christmas Yeah, Jingle Bells is playing.I’m trying hard to keep working at this and thatand keeping those holiday thoughtsfar, far away.Of course, it’s not really that hardfor I’ve done it so many yearsit’s...

Having Friends in Low Places Has a Whole New Meaning*

by | Nov 19, 2020 | Poetry

Having Friends in Low Places Has a Whole New Meaning I got the word last nightin a note from an acquaintance from years agothat one of our friends from those days so long agowas gone.As my collection of years grows so much largerI find that happening more and more.I...