Killing A Dream
Poem Some days are hard and sometimes I see the light but how can I? Say goodbye? To you, my dreams, my true love and passion, the strongest affection… I hate the days...
Category: Poetry
Answering the Call
Haibun The girls prance up the driveway. With their long-legged strides and pre-adolescent growth spurts, they could pass for high school track stars. Frankie races downstairs and opens the front door before they even...
Life Amassed
Poem Dreaming in gold, radiant and bright Mind drifting like a gentle kite Laying in a sunbeam slumber A simple treasure Swimming in umber Ocean of yesterdays, to and fro Left on the wayside...
Dropping Tea
Poem Some students say they think I’m posh. I am nothing of the kind. I have learned to watch my lip. Breath, measured. Tongue, clipped. Pauses are well timed. My broad Luton drawl...
Euphoric Acedia
Haibun Afternoon winds blew apart gray cumulus clouds that canvased the sky. Patches of radiant blue appear. Frankie wraps his arms around my neck, covers my mouth, and says, “complainer.” Mira, rising with a...
Underneath Her Golden Charms
Poem For all pine after her shining airs Exalt her agreeable, confident layer And she arises with grandiose care To meet their hopeful, expecting stares Yet underneath her golden charms, Her fluid gait and...
Follow The Despot
Challenging, tingling rows of leather boots tramp down your skin – not for lack of knowledge of what’s about to end Harmony in the flag’s submissive, limp dance in the wind a sorry whimsical...
They Don’t Know
Poem Constantly separating and dividing myself Away from the nonsense I tell myself That others tell me about myself. Decompress, take a rest away from what tests me Away from those who don’t...
Reunion Requiem
Haibun It’s been years since we all last met. Of course, we would feel a little awkward at first! Christine takes another chip off her plate. Peter sips his Pepsi. Neither says a word....
Ode to Another Time
Poem To this another day To another time lapsed away Where does it take stake in that time When time for us keeps running away Unable to keep a tight grip on time, in...
