I’m Terrible With Names

I’m terriblewith namescuz they are labelsfrom someone elsewhile facesare homegrownwith youas you travel. Names define usin other peoples termsbefore we were wevenerating Uncle ‘Bud’or maybe a movie starmama watched on…

While Cicadas Sang

Thirteen yearsburied ‘neath the loamin my backyardsilent diggingfar from watchful eyeswaitingfor a tender morselof fresh larvae. Thirteen years agoI was writinga special soliloquoyfor a special nightjust ‘An Ordinary Man‘in an…

Summer’s End

The news this morningcame with the tollof Tubular Bellsflying up my news feedlike a teleportationto my youthCanada – Russia ’72Paul HendersonThe Golden Goaland the tall manleaning on his stickgame face…

Eternity Is…

Eternity is a song beyond timeor silence deeper than Creationcaught in the instantyou realize she has gonewithout a wordleaving behindonly a shaft of sunlightflickeringon her footprintsin the dust as she…

Salt Air And Memories

Deep sea waits, flexing its’ fingers as it looks skyward Logs glisten in the sun, freshly rained on – hopeful Pebbles wait softly sighing in the wake of the tide…

Harmonies

The music of growing old harmonies left behind by those on the stairs light years ahead to the left and right soft grass above dancing with doves chasing clouds and…

On Friendship

Perhaps the hardest thing to define, at least in English, with the notable exception of ‘love’ is what friendship is. Like love, friendship has perhaps as many meanings as there…