Last Flight

Birds have that gift of flightTheir lives so simple seemingEating and sleepingBusy nest buildersTrue, they have predatorsFrom which we couldn’t … More

A Fan with a Plan

There are 30 minutes to go before the start of the game. Not many fans of either team are seated … More

Keep On Keeping On

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

Wind and Reed

A new moon slipping overWhite plate and crystalShadowed beneath where sustenanceIs no longer cravedSlipping and slipped beyond supperTongues still tasting … More

When me becomes Me

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

Destination

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

Maybe a Phone Call

The phone rings. It’s a live number.  I inhale and hold my breath.  It’s been many years, so I can’t say for … More

Life’s Miracles

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

Iron Wrinkles

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

Never Gone

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

The least I can do

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

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 … More

The Cave

Then out of the gloomy forest came first that burning yellow glow. Those eyes.As the feline figure sauntered toward us, … More

Fever

I lie half here in my roomThe other somewhere vague Wonder much of me shiveringIn blackness and sweat soaked Strain … More

Another Saturday Night

I’ve rolled down this hill beforeA million times coasting in neutralIn reverse sometimes for the challengeOver the shoulder with slight … More

Days Short

I’ve watched them from where I sitThe ghosts of summer runningThe children fresh onceGrown and gone rainbowssplashed to gray laughterSplit … More

Bed Bugs Bite

“Okay, honey, you’re all tucked in now, snug as a bug in a rug.” The little girl laughed. “I’m, not … More

A Portrait of the Norwegian Historian as an Old Man

His ancestors were not just marauding, blood-thirsty, war-mongering, pillaging, rapists, and slave traders. Vikings were extraordinary explorers, experts at navigation, … More

Another Challenge

       This happened a long time ago when I was young and stupid.  Maybe eight at the time, I was part of … More

Here There Is No Light

For us, two hells might await us at the end of our existence. One is to be consumed in fire. … More