A Searching of the Heart

I feel like a man whose memory functions glacier slow nowMy mind takes eons to piece together some semblance of … More

So I’m Guessing Earth Day’s Kind of Like

Happy Birthday to youHappy Birthday to youHappy Birthday Dear Ear-rthHappy Birthday to you If the Earth could speakI’d ask it … More

She brushes his hand with a blood red nail as they both reach for their coffee cupsSits back on the … More

As I put on this aloha shirtI notice the collar’s not been ironed rightSomething my old eyes didn’t catch In … More

Every night that it consumes youVariations hardly alter the hunt at allEven varied details wind you to the same endRandom … More

Kicking and screaming I grieveAs I attack minimum payments posted to me in BordeauWine colored run on sheets of slice … More

Not just another pretty faceOr boasting of looks other women should mimicTaught at a young age to value nothing by … More

I want to call herWith words I’d say hoping maybeAre warm enough to reachNow back to then and break the … More

The WNBA holds its 2024 draft today. Caitlin Clark is expected to be the number one pick. The lucky team … More

As a child he dreamedOf being a knight in shining armorSlaying dragons and winningThe fairest maiden in the landBenighted by … More

I’m happy to say that my latest collection of poems, Every Wave Will Whisper, is now available on Amazon in … More

I take great comfort in knowing thisThat the dead still live in my memories of themSo they are with me … More

My addiction began with my bracesThe pain they brought bothering me as nothingCompared to the agonizing torture inflictedBy bits of … More

I remember the photo shootOnly because it’s burned in my brainFrom daily seeing myself posed in the frameDressed in little … More

In Hawai‘i we might say“This one mo’ bettah than that one” for, say, a flavor of shave ice,and perhaps, “This … More

Your grave does look newNot just the polished markerI see the way the green grass spreads out behind itTo a … More

When I was boundWas I bound tightFrank Gorshin pleaseRiddle me this How can you ever feelYou’ve been turned freeWhen you … More

The day is young and I am notSo slowly walk this beaten pathMy daily pondering strollScanning the surroundingsSearching for a … More

In the last years I wonderWhy I have to do thisVisit in the nursing homeNow that your mind is goneAnd … More

A writer should show and not tellI’ve heard that advice foreverSo if you and I were a storyThe better final … More