The Book of Time

He held the book that had been hard to find and might be harder to read. The old man in … More

This Burning Wait

It consumes all of me is a dreamSinging red, yellow, and orangeAutumn’s dying days dance all downIn Korea choir the … More

Here’s to the broom, the mop, and the spongesThe cloths, the sprays, and the toilet bowl brushesTools of the exercise … More

I have to be on a south side beach to experience the glory of a Hawai‘i sunsetAn unobstructed view between … More

When people still had landline telephonesSometimes I wanted to throw mine out the windowThe last time we talked, he told … More

You pause a beat from being yourselfTake a sharp breath as you put you on holdLift the needle that vibrates … More

In art class we memorialized ourselves making plaster face castsA time stamp to last over all our years to comeOur … More

The seven on the bridge must deal with storm circumstancesBeings battered by a fearsome downpourCaught in the sudden deluge, some … More

Floundering at the bottom of the darkest pitWhere he choked with every spluttered curseHis life depending now on letting anger … More

The fine art of editing, he found,A gift acquired only over timeThe learning of life’s grammar and punctuationTo gather and … More

Amazing how quiet the multitude of viewersCompared to the works that speak to usEach visitor drawn to something somewhere hereThis … More

When they mow the lawns where the white crosses lieEach section of the American Cemetery at Normandy is cordoned offSeparating … More

The man wears a T-shirt that says“Spending Christmas with My Kids & My Cats”There’s a cartoon drawing of two playful … More

Time creeps, time runsSometimes bothSometimes only oneIt moves along at any rate When you near the finish lineWill you show … More

When I do something now that I did 40 years agoWith the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed … More

I know every star you will see tonightAll of them being born in times after meSoaring only by my design … More

On the night I died I dreamt those twilight dreamsThe way you fever dream when you’re half awakeI saw my … More

I glance behind sensing that I’ll seeIt’s only myself standing behind me I wonder why I should trust youNot knowing … More

I caught their act, three with the back and forth banterEach taking whip-smart improv turnsSometimes a jokester-provoker, then the straight … More

The road has been some sort of songLonger than the 45 I thought it might beCloser to the beginningAnd winding … More