One night flying home from ArgentinaI suffered an unavoidable layover in LAXArriving at 8:00 p.m. exhaustedMy connecting flight to HonoluluWould…
Gordon Lightfoot Rose
Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above…
Like a New Year’s Resolution
You replace a faucet set on one of your sinks, the old one having ceased to function. How many times…
What the child sees
And wraith-like rollsSome marble maybeSmiles at nothing visibleAs far as I can seePlays some internal gameKnown only to herWith the…
Was Light Is Will Be
His was the hand of light isWherever it wavedIn his wave we saw intoWithout end will see beyond darkness All…
Coming out on Top
At last it looked like the summit could be reached in no time. Although asleep, I still felt energy radiating…
Escaping the Tree
In my dream, I told Kimo and Alta to stay put. If that crying was the cat calling out, then…
Life Is Pieces
My father swinging a pickaxe rhythmicallyUp over his head and slamming it downThe point piercing hard red clayBreaking it all…
Saving the Singer
Any fear Kimo had of this being a trap evaporated instantly. Off he trotted toward the singing damsel in distress.…
The Voice
Kimo and I advanced cautiously up the hill. When we reached spots where the old man had difficulty, I, as…
The Escape
Even though I heard the question, and certainly understood it, I couldn’t remember, in my fever, what my name was.…
The Cave
Then out of the gloomy forest came first that burning yellow glow. Those eyes.As the feline figure sauntered toward us,…
Going Up
Given his age and athletic build, I wondered if I could keep up with my guide. But I needn’t have worried…
A Guide
Frustratingly, however, I could see the big cat lurking above me every time I tried to turn back upward. What this…
Madison WI
It’s time to bagLeft over long underwearUndershirt and sweater layersShed it all like snakeskinPeel yourself right downTo that hungry pale…
My Climb
So while I half dreamed of wandering around in what I can only describe as that shadowland of worry and…
Middle Age
I’m long past middle age, but my joke has always been that no matter how old I get, I will…
Time
He’d done his fair share of laughing over 70 years. His sense of humor was well-developed through the constant exercise…
Fever
I lie half here in my roomThe other somewhere vague Wonder much of me shiveringIn blackness and sweat soaked Strain…
Your Love’s Return
When she develops a routineShe’ll stop for nothingHours passing with only pausing brieflyHer method to add a few movementsThink and…
