Saying I Love You

for Willie Nelson My silence was my worst mistakeNot saying the same, I know, must have hurtBeing unsure of what … More

It’s Just Not True

Time falls out visions wash awayHope holds on making plans for meFaith keeps pieces stored in empty roomsAs I dream … More

We should take the road homeWe should go backIt’s time, we both agree Nothing can express wholy this late summer … More

All the weeds in my yard will disappearNo tree branches or leaves will ever fallThere will never be a line … More

In the way you sayIn the shape and in the formIn no uncertain termsEven if it falls exactly as you … More

Listening to nothing in the cool morningI smile as Buddha would if I only wereAnd blow a kiss that molds … More

When do you know you’re You? Self-realization, Self-actualization Coming in from the swirl of identity unhinged You swinging wildly in … More

KnockHemingway starts Knock Knockthe germ of your joke Knock Knock KnockPoe’s living hereDylan’s singing about heaven’s door Knock Knock Knock … More

Those vicious helpings with snapping jawsChunks second and third of local host preyChoked down in meals only filling thoseStuff fast … More

No more energy to fire as age can’t musterConscious any pin could mean a poppingLost all rabid zest to carry … More

Do I go left or right hereThe way I drive places MostlyI don’t know street names anymoreThey could have no … More

They call that the halo effect. What? What I was just saying. It’s the idea that if you form a positive opinion of … More

When one door slams shut . . .So where’s that other door to open upon possibilities?And there’s no window to … More

I make sure to toss spilled salt over my shoulderBut I never can remember if it’s supposed to be the … More

The last time I heard Hawaiian music in WaikīkīIt was a quiet night at Blue Note before the pandemic struck … More

I sit watching a school of tiny blue fishZip lively in and out along the wharfImagine jumping in to join … More

There are angels among us alwaysEvery moment may be a revelationLife is a series of miracles all our daysThere are … More

My night had passed me moving as slow painDressed all in my rose Sunday best I left up the empty … More

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

Those weren’t soft footstepsTip-toeing up the stairsWhen Gordon Lightfoot took offJumped the last jet planeTo rise whole and healedFar above … More