~~~ My Poems, by bobbynichols ~~~



Original poetry, prose, epitome, haiku, music, and artwork:

© bobbynichols 2003/2004/2005/2006/2007/2008/2009

~ all rights reserved ~


( Dedicated to my loving Mother who taught me to spell 'beautiful' )



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECTION i ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 





      

Awhorled


Awhorled unto this
Of velvet petal and bliss
The anthers revealed

12-12-2005

      

          Be Diligent


Entreat eternity
carefully
for hollow
are yesterdays
inexorably passed
where pause unhurried
betrays

12-12-2005

      

    A New Dawn


Sleeping petals of
the flower embrace
the sun's
golden rays
as dawn
awakens anew

12-9-2005





                           

       In Æther


Begins
syncopation
Rippling the ether
Birthing light
Separating time
Each moving
in unison

12-4-2005

      

      Building Zion


Hopes are in
        plenty
that keep us
ever
        preparing for
our Heavenly peace

11-5-2005





                    

"Step on a Crack..."


    While cracked
    concrete walks
    burden the feet
    who is
    reminded
    of the
    broken-backed
    Mother's
    grief ?
   

11-3-2005

             

HE Is !


HE is the light borne
Reborn of flesh and sinew
A light unto all

11-3-2005




             Life's Hope


A struggling forth
of gloomy existence
need not
be burdensome
... For life's hopes
are kindled
in the Savior

11-3-2005

The Longest Days


     My true love
     gone on
     to reward
     beyond

     Certainly
     these are
     the longest
     days

     11-1-2005

              Listen


Give pause
to thine
humble prayers
Turn thy
mind's thoughts
to God's love
... and listen

11-1-2005



Wistfully Silent

Wistfully Silent...
Must I be so distant in
Your rose-coloured world ?

10-29-2005



 The Haunted Wood


     Wind echoes
     in the
     wooded mist
     rising eerily
     Giving a
     spectre's laugh
     life

     10-28-2005


    My Ephemeral Love


        Arousing in
        the eternity
        I am become
        an Angel of light
        forgotten by
        thee...
        My ephemeral
        love

        10-27-2005

A Roiled Pumpkin Sky

A roiled pumpkin sky
Like desert dunes convolved nigh
Where lies the wind's eye ?

10-27-2005

Beautiful Spirit /
   Child of God


   Hunger to do
   God's will
   like unto
   His beloved
   Son's love
   for the Father

   10-26-2005

Silhouettes

Silhouettes gainsay
An indigo sky begat
Of Moon's spectral glow

10-22-2005


        

   A Glimmering


A moonlit dance
caresses the trees
Our silver being
refined
becomes us....
Redefining
existence

10-22-2005

A Quickening


Our days end
in the very
vacuum of
timelessness
... Quickening
headlong beyond
unto tomorrow

10-11-2005



The Sanctuary of Tears


        There is
        sanctuary
        in tears...
        though a
        cold comfort
        silent in
        its solace
        be found

        10-4-2005

        

All Hallows Fest


The hot breasty
lovers
with soft silky masks
laugh...
Awash in tears
and broken smiles

9-26-2005

        

Tilting at Windmills


  Truth is a
  prisoner
  oppressed in a
  wilderness's garden
  tormented perforce
  in paranoiac
  association

  7-23-2005

AtAraxis

Be not thus deceived
Lest you disparage your worth
Rouse not the tiger

7-23-2005

         Awaken...


Cloud not thy heart
Awaken to His will
Wait ever patiently for
The reward beyond

7-16-2005


A Daydream


Daydream's indulgent
moments memory
Paints visions
swimming
before my sight
Of wind stirred
furious ocean

7-11-2005

The Watchers

Vigilant watchers
Alert to harm from without
Lest the prize be lost

7-11-2005


        

        Crux   ( αωε )


     Knowing wisdom
     thought speaks
     clear

     From love
     words found voice

     By the cross
     man gained
     Forever

     7-8-2005

     Vanity

         Grasping for the Moon
      Full faced in dawn's azure sky
        To feed my vain pride

       7-7-2005

Fair Beauty


Fair beauty...

Love's destiny
a visage rare

Desire softly
transparent

7-7-2005

Lamentation

Mourning seasons lost
Leaf forborne an hoary oak
Laments the acorn

6-29-2005


Thought

Thought wanders freely
Inspiredly tuned to one's
Mileau and spirit

6-25-2005


Fugitive Bliss


Love
suits desire
Subtle and silky
ending
in fugitive bliss...


6-22-2005

Strawberry Moon

A mild Summer borne
Strawberry Moon's passing gift
To Garden Valley

6-21-2005


The Derelict

White, I gaze hereon
Thither my mortality
Life's sting hard to bear

6-21-2005


                                            


                              Time


There's time enough for time...
but little else.

Time seems to slip by quickly and
silently when one is happily occupied...
dragging noiselessly when one is all the gloom.

Time whizzes by when we're rushing... in a hurry,
and seems to stand still when we wait.

Time is a paradox when you're a child...
a thief when you're older.

Time once gone is a memory... a dream,
when planned a rainbow.

There's time enough for time...
but little else.

May 26, 2005

     StarLight


Stars reward
our sight

Out of time
beyond end

Bejeweled lights

The heavens
awakened

5-26-2005

        

The Edge

I'm on the edge, tee-
tering on the brink... engrained
upon fonder times

5-25-2005

        

      h8


Loathing
walks amidst
shadows of fire
where dwells
the fallen's
desire

5-24-2005

The Hurrier You Go...


       As we run
       to save time...
       Time shocks us
       awake to the
       still life
       changes ever
       interfering

       5-17-2005

Honor The Father


       Prayer
       oft personal
       best shared

       Honor
       The Son
       forever

       5-15-2005

     Reminisce


Tenderly doth
precious memories
share tears
and laughter
when
treasured friends
dear meet

5-14-2005

Broken Sky


Mosaic reflections
of gentle wave
on waters
Mirror broken sky

5-14-2005

Enchant Me...


Your very being
a desire for answer

Lament not
your unassailable
mystery

Enchant me with
your dreams

5-14-2005

Life


Light sustained life
blossoms

The fruits of love
His creation
everywhere found

To the end endure

5-11-2005



Niagara

Hazarding torrents
Jaunting to cataract's edge
Awe in foment boils

5-11-2005


Spring Enchantment

Færies glide headlong
Down the frozen vernal flow
Mirthful in their play

5-10-2005


Singularity Redux


   Heavy unsteady
   in the fabric
   of space
   A nubbly trace
   ... Singularity

   5-10-2005

        
Repressor


Examine
the whims
of
fallowed
desire

Yearning
bound
till
love
doth dire

5-9-2005
        

Moth

Night blooms, moth alights
Flower's nectar'd sweetness sought
Nocturnal delight

5-8-2005


        

           Glory


Dark-enigmatic space
contemplates a
scintillating Sun
... Its light
crowning beings with
garlands of love

5-6-2005




     The Gargoyle


Words without life
doth empty thoughts
comes illuminating
as stones must
under a flashing
cement sky

5-3-2005


The Comforter


  Still thy heart
  of pain
  Awaken that
  peace found
  Within His
  heavenly love

  5-2-2005

        

Fare du Jour

I ben der b'fo
I grab 'n skittles so fast!
'fo d'bin be locked

5-2-2005

Fen

Surrealistic
The willow-the-wisp's abode
Misty fen, bane's den

11-8-2004

        

           Les Trappeurs


Longtemps dans le abers
la roche restait
Sa hardis face
mais jetant l'eau embruns
battant dans passer
yeux du feu

4-19-2005
* with apologies to
French speaking people
everywhere







               The Trappers


A long time in the river mouths
the rock remained
Its bold face

but throwing water spray
beating in passing
eyes of fire

4-19-2005
* a rough translation
of "Les Trappeurs"

                 



Anon

Snow-clad the mountain
where billow'd cloud no mete met
Ere err I went not

4-16-2005





      Winternacht


Autumn foregone
through days darken

The moon peeps
through trees
snow laden

Cold starry night

4-16-2005

Vingette

Differentiate
Embrace the Infinite's gnome
Singularity

4-16-2005

        



The Firefox

My attention piqued
I rest in wildflowered field
waiting your pleasure

3-31-2005

        







@Peace

At peace
Patiently waiting
Our Heavenly reward beyond
a certainty...
but do His will

3-31-2005

        

          Raindrops


Raindrops glisten
Their crystal moment
spirited softly fallen
through the light
verily in sway

3-30-2005

        

Kyoto Discord

Fend not for the earth
Until the politicians
Are thus endangered ?

2-17-2005

        




        Ever True


Star-crossed lovers
beyond the
bounds of time
awake to their
heavenly reward
... ever true

2-10-2005

DimE

Time is but a mote
Rushing through narrow waters
Leading to the sea

2-10-2005





Whence the Tsunami

Islands in ruin
The sea a hard mistress be
Whence the tsunami

2-11-2005











Waterfall

Vernal falls foment
Water whipped to frenzied wisps
Aerial cascade

1-5-2005



         The HoneyMoon


     Removed...
     the metes
     and bounds
     of desire

     Lulled...
     as to a flame
     into ecstasy

    12-30-2004

The Stand

In the spotlight's glare
An albino crab takes stand
amoungst the sparse grass

12-29-2004

        


        Moonbeam-Dreams


Rhythmically the ocean rolls
Welcoming a summer moon
Evoking moonbeam-dreams
Of love's fleeting nights

12-29-2004

        



        Mains des Bien Peintre


Mains des bien peintre
cherchant pure larmes
pour la vie
trempais pinceau...
Fixant tes pauvre
coeur mort

12-28-2004
* with apologies to French speaking
people everywhere







Repent


Oft sin
embitters men

Should our souls
be defiled...
Repent

Desire His will
... Salvation

12-28-2004

  Hands of the Good Painter


Hands of the good painter
seeking pure tears
for the life
soaked brush...
Fixing your poor
dead heart

12-28-2004
* a rough translation of "Mains des Bien
Peintre"




Temptation


Uncounted
are the
poisoned paths
proffered of
singular desire
bade beneath

12-27-2004

Love Betimes Flees


Endless sighs
ne'er relent
through silent tears

Love betimes flees

Hearts linger
O'er ceaseless
yearnings

Love betimes flees

12-26-2004






The Light


See the Light

Jesus was sent
to save all

Peace and love
and joy

12-25-2004


            

      Dreams of Summer


Whence flowed these
fond sparkling dreams?

Memories of hot days
and cool gentle streams

12-24-2004






En Passant


Tropical jelly
long tendrils
hanging

Sea horses,
mouths agape,
passing

12-23-2004

            




Les Papillons Sont Libres


   Nous papillons
   voulant fuir cet
   espace sentions entre
   les ronces,
   toutes que temps
   chausse-trappes
   d'etre rompu

   12-22-2004
   * with apologies to French speaking
   people everywhere




                    Butterflies Are Free

          We butterflies wanting to flee
          this space felt between brambles,
          all that time traps to be broken

          12-22-2004
          * Rough translation of "Les Papillons
          Sont Libres"




Apex

Epical apex
O, Lawrence... Who dared to test
The mire of ages

12-22-2004

     

The Ever-Never


Stars nor planets
are beyond
the Ever-Never
& Time is a
nothingness
as elsewhere
curves
to end

12-21-2004

            

      Phantasmagoræ Deux


Spectral showers of love
unrequited
suffers cast upon
the rocks below...
An eternity of meteoric
sighs borne

12-20-2004

              Phantasmagoræ


Spectral showers
of love
cast upon
the rocks
below
an eternity
of meteoric sighs

12-20-2004

A Lover's Mettle

Petal by petal
Love's riposte plucked of red rose
A lover's mettle

12-20-2004





... Beyond Time


Time ends
as never
happened
nor nothing was

Ever the end

But Heaven
will still be
... beyond time

12-14-2004

           

          ArtAlive!


Strange impromptu
swellings of the
canvas
only
the artist
illuminating
colours

12-14-2004







Carpet Diem...


Littered greasy
oil-stained rags
seizes hot...

Ignites

Carpet diem...
black

12-13-2004

         Be True


Heaven beckons...

Our reward
is in sight

Desire His will...

An endless peace
and delight

12-11-2004


Anthesis

Pastel petals splay
Flower's passioned reverie
Heady summons play

12-11-2004



         X Alt @ Ion


Souls ensured dearly
days of perfect
rapture be

Pressed on ye
not stiff-necked
but eagerly

12-11-2004

I, Arboreal

I, Arboreal
Spatial pervasion total
Null geodesic

12-10-2004

         




    Time's End


Time draws wan
stretched unseen
only to end in
an endless
sigh

12-9-2004




   Of Tears and Angels


       Her eyes
       were like jewels
       glistening from
       tears wrenched
       softly
       Surely a vision
       stolen from
       the heart

       12-9-2004

          In Illume

          Grove's visitation
          Three bathed in blessed pure light
          His faith rekindled

          12-8-2004



               Starlight Dreams


           Romantic souls shared
           starlight dreams

           Our fervour
           shone luminous
           ... a perfect fire

           Concupiscence
           answered
           we were lovers
           replete

           12-7-2004



         Thief


Take blindly
with sting

Venal ennui
mendacious being

12-6-2004

Desolation

Barren the shade's path
Ancient megaliths cast down
Runes in ruin strewn

12-5-2004







Breaker

Arms outstretched... Glory!
My soul drenched in the sea spray
I feel so alive!

12-2-2004



   PathY



In agony
I realize
your tears shed
are a cry
of yearning
for what
I am not

11-29-2004


Tagger

Shadows in the midst
Cold limestone walls primed to limn
But lack of canvas

11-29-2004



T3

A living star rests
Salmon amongst the pebbles
Tidal treasure trove

11-28-2004



          Creition


Poets are
quietly lachrymose

Words well
relentlessly
through fingers'
poignant path...

Languishing only
as soft whispers
escaping

11-27-2004

SunFlower

Yellow sunflower
Eatable, spittable seeds
Such a funflower!

11-26-2004







     

Awake Ye Heavens!


Awake ye Heavens!
Long last will
He reign
His very love
ever beyond time

11-25-2004


Antecedent

Ylem spumes and spews
Space and time null convergent
Dark matter phased, skews

11-24-2004

         

The End of Darkness


  Rising angel
  messenger bright

  Signals
  darkness passing

  His arrival within
  white loving light

  11-24-2004


Advent

Trumpets eastward blare
Auroræ dance in the night
Behold the Lion !

11-23-2004

BumbleBee

Flower to flower
The deeds of the bumblebee
Fascinate one's soul

11-17-2004

Centinel

Negatively bent
An hundred leggy plumed beast
Marches distant sway

11-13-2004

     Capering Psychoses


      The very workings
      of a porous ego
      altered
      unleashes
      flagrant raw desire
      Psychoses capering
      essence-peeled

      11-13-2004

     Salvation


Salvation...

Enter His
eternal love

The completion
of resurrected
Beings immortal

11-12-2004

     


       Love's Lament


Distress rises

Crystal dreams glisten
bleeding ruby red

Desire slain

Our glass soul's
untamed crescendo
love's lament

11-10-2004


          Temporal


Romantics muse bent
Entwined souls inspired
Enduring life's
alluring charm rent
Love's embrace desired

11-10-2004

Fen

Surrealistic
The willow-the-wisp's abode
Misty fen, bane's den

11-8-2004
     



Chromatically Radical


  I, the poem-body,

  scrawl verses of color

  punctuated by spiders

  casting silky spells

  of words strewn black


  11-6-2004

     




Pachyderm

Wry elephant eyes
Whence enchanting dermalscape
Perchance a mud bath

11-5-2004
          Mosquito


With eggs in despair
time is a mosquito's fury

Dispatched it wings

Its feast a desperation
bent on bloodletting

11-4-2004


HyperStasis

Ether clouds aglow
Projected astral matrix
Nebular mist sowed

11-3-2004


                Illapse


  Phantoms laugh
  coursing transient thoughts
  pondering inhabited
  unbidden covert desire

  An instrument
  so caught unshielded
  wakes possessed
  knowing darkness' mire

  11-3-2004


Victory


Staid... the course of right
O, Ohio, beacon bright
Graced this land with sight

11-3-2004

     

     His Glory !


His will be done
True peace...
Love our reward
Life eternal
in Heaven
Stars, Moon, Sun

11-2-2004






  Which Glory ?


Tears of pain
cold-soled shod
moonscape weary
man trod
across starlight
sunsets bound
upon God's great
love found

11-1-2004





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECTION ii ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~






Syzygy


Be not as
the Earthly sylph

His love
thy purpose

was hallowed
before thy birth

10-27-2004

Passage

Night's maw prepares nigh
O'er sienna clouded sky
Day waits soon to die

10-27-2004

The Heron

Fed of fish and frog
Striding the shallows slowly
Herein the heron

10-25-2004

untitled


Sea...
Calm serenity
Rising, falling, soothing
I long for thy closeness
... ocean

circa October 2004



     Kama Caress


Touch me softly...
awaken true desire
Still patiently that
very tingling of
nerves set afire

7-30-2004

               ID


Subliminal ascendancy
spiraling unbenignly
deceptive finitude smiling

Behold the
nameless hedonist
apocalyptically laughing

7-27-2004

BlueBlossoms... Bayou

Bayou becalmed midst
Water hyacinth blossoms
Watercourse sore brooked

7-27-2004











Spatiality

Warped of glimmer gone
Non-dimensional being
Intrudes upon space

7-20-2004

Titania


Delightful desire
awakened

She wings softly
quickening
to the shelter
of my being

7-20-2004

The Bosom of Abraham

Would that Zen and Faith
Flow as rivers confluent
Into forever

7-16-2004




     Sapphire Set Sun

     Coronal crowned flight
     Eagle soaring... regal, midst
     Heaven's diadem

     7-12-2004










     Rose Moon

     Rose Moon in daylight
     Pearl set in an azure sky
     Canyon's rough crags fête

     7-7-2004


Desolate Tree

Lone stark witness stands
Against a desert of snow
As ranch hands drive herd

7-6-2004



Fall Leaves... Golden

A trail of gold shines
O'er hillock a quiet falls
Fall leaves, sunlit bright

7-4-2004


      Seeking Celestial


      Seek to be as
      The Savior

      Love beyond time
      in Heaven
      is our reward

      6-30-2004







         Love Wings...


      Love Wings...
      upon paths invisible

      Whispering softly
      as a butterfly

      through
      silky shadows

      6-29-2004

The Phiz-ical Gnome

A gnomish visage
seems midst Winter water course
bound by snow packed trees

6-29-2004















Years After the Fire

Tall dark oak mourns still
Bereft of its cloak of leaves
Spring all else renews

6-29-2004



Love Past


Time itself
is past forgetting

Would that love
never forgotten

a remembrance
sweet be

6-28-2004



Nexus                  

Village hazards all                  
Midst lush moraine valley 'neath                  
Glacier receding                  

6-27-2004                  


Intrin(sic)


Imagination and creativity
is found of
mind and soul soaring
at their peak

6-25-2004



Seaside Sensibilities

Fog far off from view
Curlews rush the kelp strewn shore
Salt breeze chills... night nears

6-25-2004

     

         Nightmare2


Dreaming of shadows

My blue thoughts
obscuring logic
with pause

Faint cries only
a soul's breathless
lucid desperation

6-23-2004



           Intrin(sic) Too


Imagination and creativity
belies mystique
... but mind and soul soaring
at their peak

6-25-2004

Lightning

Tendrils of light splay
Bolting near gives pause to sight
As 'strings of beads' play

6-16-2004


                         Ascendant


Our mortal test
is in becoming
His loving disciples
... ascendant

6-15-2004

    REMnant


Were life
only a dream
What of thy
soul's desire
forever languid

6-12-2004

           Nightmare


Stifled cries...
a soul's desperation

My breathless
dream veiled
giveth pause

Obscuring shadows lucid

6-11-2004

          


Gold Country

Hills of gold provide
Nuggets washed to stream below
EUREKA !... the cry

6-11-2004




Gold Fever

Hip deep in the stream
Back bone-weary from panning
The dream beckons on

6-11-2004



              The Missionaries


His message of love
will be heard
Immortally blessed
are the ones patiently
spreading The Word

6-7-2004
          


The Brook

Brook wends burbling through
Bedded stones exposed between
Banks festooned 'midst green

6-7-2004

          



A Flower

Lilac colored bloom
Fringed of red-violet whorls
'bout frail gold button

6-7-2004





          


Canvas Dynamique

Dawn and dusk skies glow
Pillowy clouds daubed with light
Give pastel relief

6-6-2004

                     Aspire


Beyond time
our desire patiently
waits

Heaven is
the reward for
being true

Inherit the stars !!!

6-3-2004
          


Mask of a Cat

Abstract from nature
The mask of a cat revealed
Spawned of pool and brush

6-3-2004



           Vacuous... but not Confused


       Confused...
       Walking purposely
       he figured
       the lady,
       her eyes designed
       without wit
       and impossibly
       hardly a mind,
       ... wasn't

       6-3-2004
          


Sea ?

Seascape scenery
Scenario seems seemly
Seeing siege selah

6-3-2004

          


Angel Attending

Angel attending
Shimmered of coherent light
Directing yon course

6-1-2004



                          Felicity


A moment of tender teasing
embracing sensuality
... a desire yearning
Creative touching...
feather-light
... seducing
Love play
most felicitous

5-31-2004
          


Seaside Amber Dawn

Seaside amber dawn
Tide filters through the beach sand
Ebbing to shoreline

5-31-2004

          

Prelude to an Interlude


Passionate soul's secrets
whispered

Thoughts of love... desire
diffusing... burning

pleasuring a delicious
lucid desperation

... Breathless
... An interlude

5-31-2004


          


The Nature of Prayer

Ethereal light
Midst trees lofty of purpose
Come pray and be heard

5-30-2004

          


Fundy

Boats hung out to dry
Another day at Fundy
Tide's aberration

5-29-2004

          


Harison's Yellow Rose

Yellow rose blossom
Thou heady fragrant bouquet
Repletes my being

5-29-2004







           Hummingbird's Flight


  Hummingbird's wings
  resonating in flight
  Diving, turning...
  a kaleidoscopic
  flickering
  earthly delight

  5-29-2004
                Death of the Unicorn


The unicorn trapped
tormented falls
Cries echoing against forever
Hot Breath gasps
the last of this world
Silence

5-28-2004
          


HyperMaze

Wending unearthly
Wood's path... æry labyrinth
Færie's deceit veiled

5-28-2004





                             The Shadows


Avoid the shadows
Fantasies, escaped, existing black
guarding their pretended faces
whispering beyond
Dying to be found

5-26-2004
          


Færie's Stage

Oyster mushroom steps
Lead to Færie's plane... waiting
Moonlight's revival

5-26-2004

                 Oneness


Envelop me in
your love
Spark that desire
of being
necessary
for our souls
to be as one

5-26-2004




           Don't Feed the Birds

Tempt not the fowl beast
That wing-ed adversary
Doth one's repast plagues

5-26-2004
           These Black Nights or Ces Noire Nuits


Nights...
The black one
reduces hope... then
cherishing last blood
seems infernally without fatal fear
Illusory color languishes with splendour

* a coarse English translation
from my original French poem...
originally lost to the ether

5-24-2004
           * - a re-creation:
These Black Nights/Ces Nuits Noires
( with apologies to French
speaking peoples everywhere )



                    Ces Nuits Noires


Nuits...
Le noir
réduit l'espoir... alors
dernier sang aimant
semble infernally sans crainte mortelle
La couleur illusoire languit avec le splendour

5-24-2004






          


Lake's Landing

Summer thoughts evoked
As Fall's dusk tends to lake's charm
In remembrance sweet

5-24-2004

          


Autumn's Effusion

River's serene flow
Woods mirrored off water's face
Autumn exults twice

5-24-2004

                     Testimony


The straight and
narrow path
forges a testimony
The very process
revealing love,
knowledge...
The Creator adored

5-22-2004
          


Yellowstone's Bane

Most evident... see ?
Mirrored lake encroaches west
Yon upheaval... east

5-22-2004

          


The Dragon

I stare frozen, awed
as dusk looms orange to scarlet
before the dragon

5-21-2004

          


Clouds

Ephemeral clouds
Sunset's favorite canvas
Mystique... Sky's passage

5-21-2004



          


Clouds Too

Trees in silhouette, the sun past the horizon
Clouds capturing the changing hues of dusk on errand
Their textures and shadows heightening the effect

5-21-2004





                  Spiritual Bliss


Wondrous thoughts...
feelings of love

Desire no man
can plunder

Mind and soul
blossoming... deep

5-20-2004
          


Desert Yearnings End

Desert flowers bloom
Bursting forth after sparse rain
Clouds relent their hold

5-20-2004

          


Parthian Angst


Don't stare...
make me
cry
Do you want
my heart to hide ?
You hurt me...
why ?
I leave
... don't care

5-18-2004


     ShockWave


Time and space
in strife

Curving inward
then out

Shocks striking
stars
... planets
... life

5-18-2004



          

The Gulls


          Seagulls meander
          before my gaze
          Mocking me beneath...
          laughing their mastery
          of the sky

          5-17-2004


          Eventide

          Eventide's approach
          Viewed 'neath palms' lush canopy
Tropical calm sets


          5-17-2004

            Surcease


Sky molt'n in toto

The very earth scourged

Time melts

.......... ended

5-5-2004

The Parrots

Scarlet feathered love
Paired forever, the Parrots
Preening, nestled tight

5-5-2004

                  Night Golf


            Thoughts deep in
            the moonlight

            Only stones
            found beneath

            Where lies the
            white dimpled ball ?

            5-5-2004

Butterfly

Probing the lilac
a butterfly's proboscis
Seeking nectar sweet

5-5-2004

        Reminder


The stars are
shining bright
in the dark
so we may
touch them, again,
close at hand

5-4-2004



     Thinking of You


Thinking of you
somewhere, out there
May love always
be with you

5-4-2004





Wherefore I ?


Alone in the
middle of reality
The way closed...
the road ever
leading nowhere
in the dark

5-4-2004
Quarry

Great bird spooked in swamp
Alert, I hunker down, quick
The brush should hide me

5-3-2004
Hot Air Balloon!!!

Look up !!! What a sight !
Hot air balloon fancy free
passing vistas bright

5-2-2004




A Sunday Spring Walk

... in Garden Valley

Warm morning sun beams, through pine trees, bright
Geese trumpet, discordant, a pair in low flight

Bull and cow mulling, pastured together, peer
Dogs barking on passing, incessantly clear

Squashed, dessicated, lies a luckless Horned Toad
Sadly, in repose, decorating the country road

Bumble Bees fly about, light, and comically stumble
On clover heads precarious, invariably tumble

5-2-2004

Lake Sunset

Scenic lake sunset
A clouded pink pastel sky
mirrors serenely

5-2-2004


Wistful Desire... Ocean


The rhythms of
the ocean alive within

My absence
too heartfelt

Solace distant calls
always beckoning

5-1-2004



The Orange Rose

A dewed orange rose
appears sculptured... born anew
A dove bursts forth sweet

4-30-2004

Primer


We were first with the Father,
heavenly beings... untested

Our earthly existence begins
veiled from before, as lives
barefoot in the wilderness twilight

Our mortal test lies through agency,
a gift given bound in His infinite
wisdom and love

Obeisance to His word will guide the
faithful, and His light will reveal
to the worthy the path to life eternal
with the Father once more... the way
laid down through
the Savior's atonement

As it begins, so must it end, and
Jesus Christ will have the final judgment
over all

4-29-2004



A Father's Blessing

Angels of light tend
to one's walk through earthly life
A Father's blessing

4-28-2004

          

REMote


Busied in dreams
staring with indifference
at dying

My very being
grasping electric streams
now wakened

4-28-2004


The Bay at Dusk

Serene bay... dusk plays
Scarlet and mauve mood appears
Surreal in scope

4-26-2004




Tiger

Youthful tiger stares,
Zoo bound from a tree crook snug,
Upon danger... we

4-25-2004


          DewDrops


Delicate shining dewdrops
hanging gems of light
Myriads shower softly
off silky pine needles
a summer morning splendor

4-24-2004


              

Rainbow

A divided sky
Gloom of storm oppresses nigh
Heaven's bow protects

4-24-2004

          

Singularity


Broken
light tortured
Lasing hot
as a
sun born

4-23-2004

Etude

Were I not alone
Would my self remain... remain...
infelicitous

4-22-2004




Immanent Domain

T'was cold reflection
Thoughts rack through icy veil's glare
Dreading portal lost

4-22-2004

Roots

Evil roots exposed
Lie not in thy purse of coin
but in thy soul bent

4-21-2004







     Proclamation


     Know ye !

     That hope is

     found in Prayer

     Love is upon you

     knowing He !


     4-20-2004



Bunnies !

White ravenous beast
assails the lone red flower
Beware of bunnies !

4-20-2004

Dark Days

Dark clouds gathering
The day already sunless
What portent forebodes ?

4-19-2004


BunnySloper

I near the abyss...
unsettled... What was that black
diamond thingee ?

4-16-2004


        Apathetic Want


     The broken shards
     of empty desire
     passing reflections
     piercing my mind

     4-16-2004

             Etre


Test the tempest...
best be prepared
Lest thy being...
zest be impaired

4-15-2004

Desert Yearnings Redux

Spiked sentinel waits
Mocking clouds hazarding rain
Desert entreating

4-15-2004


My Vista

Far off Sierras
Spied from 'neath the shady pines
Home's panorama

4-14-2004


               Envision


          Sight certainly
          breeds desire...
          hopes happen
          touch tingling
          nerves afire
          curves crash
          loving lasts


          4-11-2004

Glacier

An epoch etched deep
The bay scoured in long years past
Glacier retreats

4-10-2004










Desert Scapes

Tall spired mesas
Citadels of the desert
Grace the bleak wasteland

4-10-2004


                        Melancholia


            Weep not...
            the bitter season passes
            The wind becalming
            to a caress...
            whispering amidst
            willow's boughs sweet

            4-10-2004

                       Lovesick


            She carried the
            loss within
            A tragedy of
            love left threadbare
            Her desire languishing
            of her own accord

            4-6-2004

            * When the light of love
            dims and its warmth
            grows cold

The Swan

Singular swan glides
upon turbulent water,
turgid, on errand

4-5-2004


Snake

Forked tongue held in check
Raised... red eyes transfixed ahead
Gazing for its prey

4-5-2004









Camouflage

Tall savannah grass
Death concealed most cunningly
Patient lioness

4-5-2004


Revealed


The hot breath
of life escapes
My Ethereal
Being revealed

4-5-2004

          Absence of Mirth


Childless park on a warm afternoon
Though light breeze blows
and birds sing and frogs creak...
somehow a desolation seems
... an absence of mirth

4-3-2004





Dandelion1

Tall thin stalk rises
Crowned with a thousand wishes
Waiting the child-like

4-3-2004



Dandelion2

Foliage hugs ground
whilst vibrant yellow petals,
clustered, hazard forth

4-3-2004


Cat-tails

Cat-tails cloistered tight
Tall plumes, white, flag their locale
Blackbird's call beckons

4-3-2004


The Swing

What better fashion
to pretend one's in flight... than
when pushed on a swing !

4-3-2004


                         

The Garden Spider

Orbed web denizen
In repose... senses strung taut
Doom nigh... alfresco

4-2-2004

   Devotion


Crystal clear
my desire...
I will love
You always
... beyond end

3-31-2004

Prairie Orison

Wizen'd old groundhog...
appears in deep prayer, devout
' Thanks, Lord, for green grass... '

3-31-2004

Balance

Verdant meadow grass
hides both predator and prey
Nature's scheme balanced

3-31-2004


Dogwood 2

Broad shell-pink blossoms
lined with thin light-maroon veins
adorn the Dogwood

3-31-2004












Spring Oak Leaves Forth

Leaves emerge, unfold
from limbs dormant through winter
Hued salmon and jade

3-25-2004


The Bamboo Bush

Prim bamboo bush trim'd
Red berries clustered, aglow
Delicate, long leafed

3-25-2004



Palm

Grey-brown bearded palm
Green fronds slapping in the wind
Long, thin, coarse trunk sways

3-25-2004


 

Dogwood 1

Butterfly jewels
Flowers of the Dogwood cling
Ivory wings wide

3-25-2004



Jupiter

Vibrant orb jewel
Turbulent mystique fills view
Ganymede's delight

3-24-2004


Easter Island


The ancient
tongue unfamiliar
Coarse stones
of island
ancestors capped
A humanness found
wide-eyed... shadowed
Their spirit waiting
unhurried... long

3-24-2004


Ben

Bandit fur ball pet
Gail's loving raccoon... sore missed
Heavenly Benners

3-23-2004

Rhyme ? No Reason !


  To rhyme
  a rhythmic
  conformity
  a lyrical madness
  The rhetorical prose

  3-23-2004

               Conflagration

      Cows caught in headlights
Day turned to night from ash fall
               Horizon on fire

                   3-22-2004

     Canons


Vigilance
Humility
Love and Prayer
of earthly souls
His will
... our desire

3-22-2004

Path to Reason

Enter yon path's sway
Cleanse aside thy deep despair
Muse still... thoughts perplex'd

3-21-2004

                         

Dawn Fancy

Near dawn light inspires
Evokes distant trees afire
'neath cloud dappled sky

3-21-2004

       



       Love Demeter


     Gentle spirit
     Her face
     soft and furrowed
     from laughter
     Tender passion
     burning
     ... love
     ... desire

     3-19-2004

Muse

Autumn colors fuse
Scarlet to yellow-green hues
Calm reflection pools

3-19-2004



Sunrise

Multi-chroma hues
paint the sunrise sky of home
God's glory affirmed

3-18-2004



         Tenet


Follow the Son
Heaven our reward
All of us
Peace... Love
His will be done

3-18-2004

Sundow'n

D' bass dey hide now
leav'n dem d' shallows be
nite-time he'ya soon

3-18-2004


Shoreline

Tidal ejecta
strews shore... washed of gentle waves
Driftwood bleached sun-kissed

3-17-2004









                Love Blossoms


           Silent float
           the cherry blossoms
           softly on
           lovers clinging
           Their souls
           a oneness together

           3-17-2004






                               La(o)co(o)nica


                    Mephisto... soul seeking
                    wings grimly with vigor

                    Success found
                    of Faustian desire

                    New-claimed dead spell-bound
                    his persistence never ending

                    3-16-2004

     

          Genealogy


The desire... deep
to continue
ancestral histories

Very important... indeed
to our
family passed

3-15-2004



Dragonfly !

Iridescent wings
ablur... harlequin body
reposed... Dragonfly !

3-15-2004


Desert Yearnings

Fingers point skyward
from cacti scapes long searching
aching for rainfall

3-11-2004


                                  

      Morceau Celestial


Of transcendental poetry
one composes
of love unpretentious
... exquisitely fashioned
as a sculpture
conceived of a
suspension of glass...

3-11-2004



Winter Tableau

Powdered snow abounds
the stream wending lazily
through woodland dream-scape

3-10-2004


        

Ethereal Being


Awake I am
...seemingly

Floating patiently
beyond time

A peace found
like no other

Heaven in sight

3-10-2004



                            

              Affront


Nescient offspring...
children of the moment
thinking but of themselves
complacency obviates
His great love

3-8-2004

                Enraptured


A delicious muddle...
... love
Lessons mastered
found through desire
Exploring joy
co-mingled
of mind and body

3-8-2004

       

Storm at Sea

CRASH... the breakers spray
Surf roils from onset nigh
Heaven and shore tried

3-8-2004


        

   Secrets


Secrets
are as a
tympani
beaten
ever
cascading
lest silence
found

3-5-2004

Daisies

Light-orchid daisies
Sun kissed, they're faces gladdened
Butterflies cavort

3-5-2004


      SNAFU


Moaning
groanIIl toes
it is
at has delivery
This now
beginni-l
done something's
my

3-5-2004

                    

        Moratorium


Patiently I wait
seeing beyond time...
seemingly

Life in Heaven desired...
certainly the only
true peace

2-19-2004

               

      The Choice


Foolishness
shrieks cold
drowned in the oceans
of hot dust
by displaced souls
if Love and
Salvation forsaken

2-19-2004

               

Scourge

Trees abruptly end
Nature in ruin dies where
course the paths of men

2-19-2004




Mountain Lake

Pristine mounts on high
Snowcapped marching to the shore
Lake glass reflecting

2-19-2004




      Ad Astra...


The stars wait
never to be crossed
lest we go beyond
the need for
space-time

2-18-2004

The Garden Path... Not

The garden's path wends
much too uninspiredly laid
I seek the obscure

2-17-2004


        

      Forever... Love


On this moonless shore
Awkwardly
a shared desire found
Their first hot kiss
Delicious, assuring
Forever... love

2-17-2004



Not a Trophy

Stalking through the brush
Quarry found - caribou buck
... not camera shy

2-17-2004


        

    Everything !


Oh how vain...
naive, I must be
a longing to
behold all that
is inconceivable
and good

2-16-2004

Pensive Wont

I channel myself
a child intent on the shore
thoughts viewed in situ

2-16-2004






Panic Attack

The road closes in
my vertigo runs rampant
skewed aspect indeed

2-15-2004


      

          Repose


A bench
in the shadows
of the mimosa tree
a shimmering quiet found
a delicious serenity

2-14-2004

      

          Ego


Dream and reality
manifested in causality
contains one's self
replacing non-existence

2-14-2004

      

On the Bayou

I squint my eyes tight
see a witch on broom in flight
trees reflect bayou

2-14-2004


    

Aftermath


Foul ruins
Hearts of dung preying
on the flesh of tears
... shattered, harried
Death desired

2-13-2004

             

Vine

Vermilion leaves
as tears cascade to ruin
Flourishing en niche

2-13-2004


             

Alpine Spring

Springtime blossoms nigh
Blue lake placid as the sky
Alpen mountains shine

2-12-2004




                 

        Prayer


My prayers
to God
soft-spokenly said
reflect His love
warm Light
living in me

2-12-2004

                 

 Fulfillment


Empty days
not found
where love
and laughter
fills the void

2-11-2004

        

Tropical Depression

Palmed islets witness
Tropical moodiness change
Dark storm gathering

2-11-2004

       

Dysphoria


Devouring hope
primal trappings
of death wait
inside my mind
Dark and cold
a dreamscape
of shadows

2-10-2004

       

Shallow Fording

The stream humour bent
Provides the stepstones slippy
A soaking proffer'd

2-10-2004

       

   There... 'Their They're'


Men stumble
soulless in darkness...
broken, lost
Shadows of the damned city
Desperation pulses
in its foundations

2-9-2004



Ethereal Waterscape

Dew'd fingers stretch nigh
Toward rushing moonlit brook
Tendril mists wander

2-9-2004



The Key


The very desire for love
is the key to the soul
An obligation lost
to none

2-8-2004



MesaVista2

Painted layered rock
Canyon carved by ancient hand
River winds below

2-8-2004

    


AfterGlow


She sighed...
desire spent
Passion
delicious loving
found

2-7-2004



Gossamer Dreams Interlude

Falls cascade bathed in
ethereal light misting
Færies intercourse

2-7-2004



FireStorm


Choking... I struggle
lest burned Flames blazing
dancing in the wind
No chance remains...
end.

2-5-2004




BreakDown


The shadows...
something's there
A hissing laugh
awakening
inside my mind
I crumble
... mad

2-6-2004


Tubular !

I, rathe surfer spy
Waters yet unsullied swell
Gnarly forth Dude, I

2-5-2004


       

         Anagoge


Each life reads like
a treasured book found
Each day a new page
inspired by The Lord

2-4-2004


The Coast

Azure sea tranquil...
lapping sands of bronzed hills
Proximity yearned

2-4-2004


                         

Stand of Trees

Dizzyingly high
Staring skyward the trees bare
Hydra-like standing

2-2-2004


            





         The Artist


I rework
the canvasses painted
of pale blue lives
crimson hearts desperate
Heavenly Love
not beyond reach

2-2-2004

   

      Not the End !!!


My arse exchanged
For world survival ?
But thoughts deranged !!
I chortle !

2-1-2004

   

      Revealed Intentions


I breathe... and stop
Distraction that tease
you've found my desire
we make hot delicious love
past confusion gone

1-31-2004

   

Vista

Tree stands sentinel
o'er ancient layered mesas
'neath clouded slate sky

1-30-2004


            

Eternity


Death...
The timeless dream
doth darkness cling
lest our spirit
love The Son
and be above

1-30-2004

         

Supplicant


My mind entreats
my poet's muse
desire

the very purest love
I myself need
acquire

1-29-2004



 

Process Poetic


The poetry of
innermost thoughts

blossoms like a flower
found in chaos

to the poet
a dream manifest

1-27-2004

 

Devout


Patiently we keep true
our love for the Son
Heavenly reward found
God is lasting peace

1-26-2004

Onus


                    I consider'd great shame alone
                    our unborn scandal discover'd
                    Was desires enthusiasm but work
                    to one's own end ?

                    1-25-2004

GUT Feeling


A charmed quark
out on a jaunt
beheld a mu
in dimension seven
strings unharmonized... slow
the quark inquired
" your energy spent ? "
" No - just split "
the mu responded
belching tachyon emissions

10/29/2003


        

                The Curse, revisited... 2003


The Rocket against Pedro... Game 7... ALCS!
The New York Yankees at home against Boston's Bosox...
Another classic... what else would you guess ?

But The Rocket was chased, and by the 4th he was gone
Hindered by home runs, one by Millar and two by Trot Nixon
Clemens head down, through the tunnel... a walk too long

Though Jason Giambi was demoted, rightly so, to 7th in order at bat
With two mighty launches of the ball in the 5th and 7th inning
the comeback was alive ! In their seats Bosox fans just sat

Score 5 to 2, bottom of the 8th... Boston leading the Yanks
Jeter doubles to start the rally, then Williams and Matsui get hits
Jorge Posada doubles to clean up, score now 5 to 5, and Torre gives thanks

While the Bronx Bombers chip away, their bullpen, in the past, a disgrace
send a parade of pitchers their way to the mound... biding time
... setting up for Mariano Rivera... their prolific reliever ace

The Bosox boys are now baffled, their swings most untoward
Mariano goes three long masterful innings of relief blanking Boston
His series heroics to soon win him the coveted ALCS MVP award

It's now the 11th, Wakefield's pitching mastery of the Yanks has been most hot
but New York's Aaron Boone swings at Wakefield's first offering...
Jim Bouton might have said: A knuckle-ball's fickle... a walk-off home run is not !!!

There's no joy tonight in Beantown... yes, that's a given
"The ghosts will show up eventually" Jeter confided to Boone
Again... the Mighty Bambino, curse invoked, has arisen

10/16/2003
                                                                


                                                                                              Luna

                                                            I left the Earth last night to see the stars
                                                            on the other side of our galaxy near the rim
                                                            and what did I think of while taking in this glory
                                                            but of how sad they don't have a Moon like ours

                                                            10/10/2003



                
                        Homage to Fromage ? /or To Brie or not to Brie

For a salad delightful of the green-leafy sort
crumble in Blue Cheese, Feta, or Roquefort
or add them to a dressing thick and creamy
to your avocado, chick-peas, and tomato... mmm, dreamy !
To make a fondue... into the pot: Cheddar, Gruyère, or Swiss...
a bit of wine, and cherry liqueur; salt, pepper to taste
Use fork or tong with breads or meats... or perhaps skewer all this...
creamy, delightfully rich morsels... to add inches to the waist
Pizza, pizza ! that calls for Mozzarella !
add pepperoni, ham, olive, "shroom" in the pie crust dishy
with Parmesan or Romano sprinkled liberally on top
and I'm in Heaven, dining... ( sans fishy !!! )
To snack on an outing with wine, bread, and thee
wedges of Colby, Cheddar, Gouda, Camembert, and Brie
Or if sandwiches are want to be made ( with mayo and mustard ) instead
add Provolone, Jack, Colby, Fontina, or Muenster to your favorite bread
Queso Asadero for nachos, Cottage Cheese with fruit or alone,
cannelloni with Ricotta, Asiago with bagels for your appetite edge to hone
The list goes on... Gorgonzola, Edam, Limburger, Hazarti...
Jarlsberg and Curado... Bring them all ! Let's have a PARTY !!!
10/9/2003




                                         

                       gOT roOtS ?


A family tree of the Nichols clan
a search for our fore-bearers
we must plan

Stories heard 'bout links to the Adams'
most likely false, when
considering the chasms

For time has erased those who were best
to chronicle the family as
they migrated west

And so it is left to us, now, to give thought
to seek, query and badger
lest all is forgot

A legacy sought for generations to possess
for their family retinue
to ably assess


10/6/2003

                         

                            Pome


this is not a poem, but a pome, so I make the rules
and
one of the rules is, well, secret... there aren't
any other
rules. accused over and over of being unfeeling:
so why do I ache
and hurt with breast feeling all knotted, twisted
and tight of throat. Paranoia Trust Hope...
Mind wrestles with
variables too incalculable to fathom,,, easily.
Prepare ? Is preparation giving up to
the inevitable ? Lost already ? inevitable ?
Bide, biding. survival mode, bidden
tired, trod on... depressed... tredding life
dreading life... lucid future disappointments loom
unhappyThis is not a poem/?but a pome
and
I make the rulez


10/3/2003

        

        The Hunter


Stalking the wood
where I know
they oft pass

Dusk falling quickly
warm Autumn day
light breeze wafting

Down wind approach
I can smell
them, so close

Camouflaged, they hide
but I see
most easily enough

For they noise
when movement made
though slight, seen

Preoccupied they seem
lying in wait
for unknown reason

Through the brush
I wend silent
toward my quarry

Unnoticed, nigh there
excitedly I attack
blood lust complete

Satiated I leave
to find water...
lay my eggs

9/30/2003



Autumn in Garden Valley


Moderate weather predominates
blessed with light breeze
Grasses and tree limbs sway
as waves on the seas

Apples are ripening
so too the prune plum
Oak leaves and their acorns
dropping by the scores, drum

Geese overhead piping
seen flying in V's
Turkeys still milling about
as are quail in their covies

Hunting season open
eager hunters oft found
albeit more... seemingly,
than the deer abound

9/28/2003





     Reflections


I see myself

in my mind's eye

thoughts unbidden

welling from deep

memories of old

wishes of yore

reflections of my life

all pass before

with lucid distraction


9/22/2003

 




                Expressions of Love



Anticipatory... a touch, a caress, a kiss
shivers of warm, heated passion
yearning bliss

Familial... bonded with bright children's faces

heartstrings tugged at arrivals and leavings
hugs, cuddles, and teeth braces

Lustful... with vigorous desire

passion felt, rigorous
an unquenchable fire

Mature... impassioned through life's span

a state of mind, not an age
no bounds on woman nor man

Mournful... heartfelt, achingly lost

an ending, a leaving, a loss
world upended, tossed

Religious... of God and His teaching

rapt, devout, warm love
we, Heaven beseeching

Unrequited... 'twas never to be

unanswered, unknown
unwanted, by thee

Youthful... furtive, mischievous, artful display

exploring, self doubting, life's too slow
knowing all, all for today

9/17/2003



            Watering My Garden


          Rose and Iris
          Apple and Periwinkle
          best tend to the darlin's
          and give them a sprinkle


          Pine and Cedar
          French Plum and Oak
          'tis off to garden
          to give them a good soak


          Holly and Crepe Myrtle
          Lilac and Oleander
          these I'll set down the hose
        and let the steep meander

          9/16/2003





Passings


God bless those who pass before us
Blessed are those they loved
and left behind
Bless us, dear Lord, in our grief
and see us through this time
as we search for solace
Thank You, dear God, for our time on earth
to learn how best to serve You
when our time comes
Blessed is the Son of God, who teaches
that those who believe in He
shall know Heaven

9/12/2003

      Dinner ????


Dinner is ready,
time to eat,
just peel back the cover,
to reveal faux meat !!!

9-11-2003





             Tortured


My soul is gray
my id black
loathe am I
that which can not take back

An errant word
a withheld kiss
an unkind deed
my mind shunning bliss

Grace un-given
shadow falls
heart wrenched slowly
'til life ends all

8/27/2003




           Hell on the Mount


Whilst camped in the mountains
not a care in the least
bedded down for the night
not aware of the Beast


Heard a rustle of a sound
woke me up from my sleep
out I peered from my tent
what I saw made my flesh creep


Unearthly figured
all swathed in gloom
with a din like a banshee
I felt nigh my doom


My son seeing me thus
ventured his gaze about
I tried to warn him
but couldn't shout


He froze and was stricken
with horror and fright
turned pale as the moon
on this moonless night


Our companion then roused
startled by our imminent dismay
gave call to our tormentor
not comprehending the foray



Wits gone from my mind
tearing back through the tent
the wraith shrieked forth again
my soul thoroughly rent


We no longer tarried
grabbing no kit nor provision
fearing perfervid chase
to carry us to perdition


I won't go back to the mount
that horrifying black region
where dwells the creature unknown
in demonic legion

9/8/2003





                                        June 8, 2003


Woke up to the alarm clock at 6:00 a.m., something I seldom do

Had wild expectations of something new

Proceeded through the morning as if all was the norm

Had a late breakfast - no trepidations of a storm

Hopped into the car... asked Gail "right turn or left"

Right we went - and on we travailed, my hands deft-

ly on the wheel to Georgetown, Cool, toward the American River Canyon

Not wisely did I choose past the River we had just abandon'

And right, wrongly, I chose at the fork in the road

Forgetting the canyon bridge ahead, mere miles away ahead... lest I forbode

For bridges and spans, whether over land or water

Are terrifying to my mind, creating a fodder

Of thisses and thats... that create panic attacks - as I approach their length

On I drove, woodenly... asking Gail for her strength

Half the legal speed we crept, 1000 feet over the river did we tarry

On the other side, an eternity spent in the attempt, I broached reality once more, no longer the scary

And thus did the better part of the first leg of our travail end

$20 worth of gas to buy... a soda and water drunk... a penny to spend...

And we were in Reno, to celebrate our second nuptials times twelve

At the "El Dorado" did we park, fifth tier, then down two, to the skyway... and into the casino did we delve

At five cents a drop did we iterate into the beasts

that take more, than give back, or at the very least

give one false hope of a fortune to be made

whilst lights glimmer, and sounds shrill, and olfactory overload from a man smoking a cigar, dressed in his plaid

But a late rally, by me, playing my pocket change of quarters, a pittance saved

put us "down" only a few dollars, and in search of dinner... a sumptuous feast we craved

And now our real journey began... looking for the "bargain" meal... the "real" deal to cut our fast

and high and low and hither and fro, 'til at last

we settled at "Fitzgerald's", their buffet spread before us, doors invitingly drawn

our plates soon heaped with beef and chicken and salad and prawn... and delectable fish and chicken and even more... prawn

Yes, I did visit the buffet more than once, though the last trip was impaired by my overhearing of the bi-lingual help conversingly utter the word "Gato" - yes... I swear

at which point I hesitated over making my selection... "Gato ?" I inquired to those who had uttered - yes... I dare

And smiles lit up and a guffaw was heard

for my selection of what I thought was fish was not "cat"... just my poor timing of hearing a certain Spanish word

Then on again to the monsters we strode

with no trepidation of what lay upon our return road

and dark night, though warm and breezy, enveloped our locale, we tarried... perhaps too late

We played games at five cents a drop, feeding now the monsters their plate

We've not lost our britches, through gambling ills, perhaps $10 - $15 did we allow away our dear money to roam

Now time for coffee, though no alcohol have we drunk... it's 11:30 p.m. - time to start home

We've a validated ticket - so no parking do we pay

Out into the night for our last foray

Where the hell is the highway home ?

... and why is the road looking all the gloam ?

As I try to work things out driving - dodging thisses and thats with a tired eye

It's evident that our head lights are as impaired... as I

Passing triple pullers, and triple pullers passing me, on a highway of hell under construction by the devil him(her)self through narrowing lanes - just able to see 10 feet in front of our van on the left when darkness is about, my left eye from conjunctivitis blurring over at not the best of times - I make it to the outskirts of Truckee in California... brain fried, eyes dried, and 25 miles or so from Reno and pull over off onto a side road in the middle of nowhere, although I think that's a big friggin' lake over there, probably Donner Lake that we maybe driving next to now, and yes - Gail, I'll turn around and stop when I think it's safe, oops next time, NOW.


Gail's driving now...


My wits are at end, and now Gail - the 2nd worst driver in the universe besides... ( oh @#&@! - who am I kidding - Gail's the worst driver in the freakin' universe !!!!!!! ) God help me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

O.K., we're moving now. What's that Gail ? Yes, I wasn't kidding about the lights... yes, it's hard to see - watch out for that turn, go slower, that's the freakin' lake there !!! O.K., yes it's hard to judge distance... WATCH OUT FOR THE LAKE !... O.K., O.K., just a little farther back to the freeway. Yes, I know you don't like it here in the middle of nowhere, but I had to turn off somewherrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

What the hell was that ??? You hit a what ??? I know you couldn't see it, otherwise you wouldn't have hit it ! O.K., just a something something next to a railroad something that we ran over like a concrete abutment or something VERY solid... just don't drive into the lake !!!

O.K., there's the freeway, good, yes, here we go, yes, I know you're driving, but that means you're the pilot and I'm the captain. Gail - you don't need to go over the speed limit !!! - O.K., turn the brights on now, no, the trucks too far in front now to get blinded. O.K., O.K.,

... yeah ! ... I smell oil too !!!

We stopped outside Truckee a bit and noticed a nice little oil leak from "somewhere" and bought 2-quarts of oil and put 1-quart in - checking the oil every 20 miles or so. We made it home in the wee hours, 3:30 a.m. or so, both quite frazzled to the axon. Turns out the oil filter had been dislodged and we had a very large dent in the oil pan.

I can't wait 'til next year !!!


6-9-2003





~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SECTION iii ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~






            

 For the Nonce



O for
a cool stream

From which
to drink

An afternoon's
refuge

For the nonce

Free
to think

12-20-2005
      

    Love Is Want


Strawberry moon
and love is want
ending
desire's empty
romant

12-21-2005

      

 Love Anon


Love

An aspect
of desire

Is soft
yet
incandescent

Sentiments
embracing
endlessly

12-26-2005





      

      Love Cries


Dusky eyes
close

Faraway past
encounter's
velvet moments together
remembered last

Morose...
love cries

12-27-2005
      

The Missionary


Be a light
unto the hearts
of them whom
receives
thee

12-28-2005
             

      Twilight in the City


Twilight shadows emerge
into the streets
of flesh

Illusions savage
reality behind
carnal smiles

The abyss stirs
and forbidden whispers

1-10-2006



The RAIN 2006

Be known the bald truth remain Once I desired the tender
rain Forgive me my insanity Yet a tired gain

4-11-2006





       

      Slither


The serpent,
coiled, beckons
to sting
Its retinue
held captive
as victims
are wont
slumbering

4-12-2006

      

      Falls


Pixilated swirls
cascade lingering
as liquid
voice to
overflow my
familiar thoughts
composing
a relaxation
through enchanted
eternal prose

4-15-2006

We Are...


Kings
and
Queens
called
to love
one
another
... do His
very will

4-18-2006





    

Witness


Bear witness of He
The rock from whence Heaven's light
Shines from sea to sea

4-18-2006

Honor Thy Priesthood


       Chasten thine
       to desire
       to be
       faithful men

       Then sing
       of the
       iron rod
       not forsaken

       4-21-2006

       

      WARranted


Righteous men
pointlessly meet
A glorious
bloody hell
Bullets rage
onwards
mass graves
Honour but
poignant memories

5-4-2006

Butterflies


Butterflies alight
Lilac heady sweet blossoms
Intent on nectar

5-5-2006

       


      Sealed


No twilight
transience cold
without we
sealed to our
pillars of love
yesterday
today and
generations to be

5-5-2006

       

      Waken to His Love


Awaken
that
desire
that
burns
with
fire

Love
everlasting
bound
in
Heaven
beyond

5-9-2006



      He Lives !


Christ
The
Great I Am
our Saviour
suffered death
unlocking the heavens
so there be light

5-12-2006
                    

      Jesu


A
Blessed Birth
foretold
crossing golden
Paradise

A
Son born
bearing pure
white light

5-30-2006

A Flowered Meadow


O, how light the heart
When flowered meadows chanced on
Bringing soul to pause

6-8-2006

        

     The Sea Rolls


Seagulls decry
the salt-air mist
under dark sky
Harbouring mournful
secrets
of shipwrecked souls
silent
... the sea rolls

6-8-2006



Futurity

Golden hills forgone
Leaving hither, swift river
Yea, for desert home

6-11-2006
        

 Thy Treasure


Not jewels
nor golden
riches possess

Desire the gifts
heralded by
the Angels

6-11-2006


Omniscience

Deep sapphire blue eyes
Intent upon His children
Stream rivers of tears

6-11-2006
                                            

     Of Hymn


Songs
that touch
upon His glory
solemnly speak
to one's
spirit
in joyous love

6-12-2006


Enters Light

The darkness withers
Enters light and salvation
Heed the Prophet's voice

6-12-2006

        

     The Council


The poplars shake
... plead their cries
Whilst King
Winkly Willow
echoed his
disapproval nigh

6-13-2006

The High Seas


A popsickle stick
Over the gutter's falls goes
4-year-old's ship

6-13-2006

        

Ever Building Zion


      We are
      at peace
      For our
      hopes
      be true
      Ever
      building Zion

      6-14-2006
        



   Fear Not


Fear not
this
earthly dream

Place thy
desires
in His
loving care

6-18-2006
   

The Tempter


From the tempter's mouth
Flows the effluvium
of despair and fear

6-19-2006

               

      My Reactor


Linear dude !
Like
cavorting in The Pile
wrinkles the lips
all bothersome
and snarly

6-20-2006


He Cometh !


Open His Temples !
Wear ye thy garments of white
He cometh ! our Rock

6-20-2006
       

"Ye Saints: Heaven Calls"


       Heaven calls
       ye Saints
       Keep the lights
       of Zion
       ever bright

       6-21-2006





"Ye Saints: A New Day"


     Awake ye Saints
     ever true
     Zion calls
     There's work
     to do

     6-21-2006


"Ye Saints: Renew..."


   Awake ye Saints
   ever true
   The hopes of Zion
   calls anew

   6-21-2006

        
Bleu

Plaited-cloudy sky
Morosity engulfs me
In a spate of blues

6-21-2006

       


         O Joy !


O joy !
to be
A chance at life
Learning
through trials, to love
O joy !

6-21-2006




  Awake !


We are
the chosen !
May we
awaken
to our
Heavenly
promise

6-26-2006
        

un-SETI-lled


You've found our home's seas
Observe now our vain folly
Lords of invasion

6-26-2006




      Whispers


Whispers
A caress sweet
Soft as a
sighing breeze
Echoing
the moon's
silver-soft
adagio

6-26-2006

Arctic Winter's Day


The shadows grow long
The sun but a low wan orb
In Arctic winter

6-26-2006

                                           

      Ebb Tide


The sea ebbs
beckoning
passerbys'
pleasures
searching
for treasures
amidst the
tidal sands

6-28-2006

The Fishwife


Selfish the fishwife
Who scorns her mate unpossessed
Of prior issue

6-28-2006

            



The Judgment


His judgment
of those
of childlike faith
will bear
testaments of
His infinite love
and sacrifices
undertaken
for all

7-1-2006

                              

 Hold To


It needs
be well
to keep
seemly in
spirit
... hopes
ever true
beyond
strife

7-7-2006

    

      Sty~Fell


A stiff upper lip
reveals
a cracked
countenance
when
indentured smiles
practiced by the
impolitic are want

7-10-2006

         Life2


Life
a reward
our probation
a time to love
laugh
our time of strife

7-10-2006






      Hope


Strife need
never
interfere

His love
awakens
hope

Unto
eternal
peace

7-27-2006

       

          In the Zone... Bowling


Crash!
Strike!!!
The nerves anything but calm
One more
And nothing (else) seems to matter

8-1-2006



  Called to the Sea


White-green waves
whisper freedom
to them that
are called to
the sea
turning
hot blood
to light

8-3-2006



To Wit?

I bid thee what for
To thus sting and belabour
Thy stalwart neighbor

8-3-2006

                               

   The Sleepwalker


Sleepwalking
leaving Kyoto

Sunrisen
red sky

Stolen my bread

Lame
I sigh

8-3-2006

Buffalo

A buffalo stands
fit for a silver nickel
Bracing for the storm

8-4-2006

            

      Tears


They that
cast life's
light freely
into the ashes
shall behold
the tears
of God

8-10-2006




      

Empyrrhical Peace


   Peace changes
   the status quo
   but for
   nothing

   For strife
   is ever
   awake
   in man

   8-11-2006



The Children of War


Innocents trapped
look in fear
fragile behind their glass tears

8-17-2006

      

Enter The Light


  Don your
  garments
  of white

  Embrace His
  boundless love

  Heaven's
  purest
  light

8-23-2006

                                               

            Daydreams


Contentedly painting clouds
into airy forms
oft mythical

The solitude of
summer silhouettes
and blue skies

8-24-2006

Vacuum


The white dove of peace
Departs on errand elsewhere
Darkness needs follow

8-24-2006

      



  The Sea is
  My Mistress


How I desire
to sail the seas
and be kissed
of soft salt
breeze

8-30-2006

    

The Sea is
My Mistress II


O how I long
to sail the seas
To be kissed
oft of soft
salt breeze

8-30-2006

My Mistress


The serenity
Yea, the sea is my mistress
Caress me fair tide

8-30-2006




            Apparition


White I
glimpsed
a glimmering
creeping in
the shadows
lingering in the darkness
glowing ghostly bright

9-6-2006

                                  

The Wood Nymph


The wood scorned, yea dead
Petrifying the spirit
Fair hamadryad

9-6-2006



Spirit to Spirit


Spirit interplays
Not unlike gentle ripples
On a placid pool

9-7-2006




Comes the Millennium


His hands
combine
ocean
land
and sky
The immensity
to become
as silent
and then melts away

9-8-2006

       

 The Silvered Pane


    Step into
    my glass
    asylum
    The journey
    descending
    the depths
    of memories
    midst wanting
    and weeping
    and pain

    9-9-2006

  Be True 2


Be true
to His sight
for the
fire of God
is with them
hoping
heavenly
light

9-11-2006

        

The Last Dispensation


Restoration
centred
on the Lord's ascension
a deeper faith
in this last dispensation

9-11-2006

   


      Centered


Centered
The
Lord's ascension
The path lost
till
restoration

9-11-2006

The Gift


I profess my love
A pendant of bleeding hearts
I gift unto thee

9-11-2006

End Strife, Love Life


      End strife
      Awaken that
      calmness
      of spirit
      true to His will
      Love life

      9-12-2006

       

Exposed


Bundled in parka
Pants, boots, mittens, & Muffler
My nose is frozen

9-13-2006

        

Anchor Man


Silenced my
force is
scattered
7 - 10
quivering
Too cold
The hope
of a win
lost
... spent
...... tattered

10-2-2006

Fall


'Tis fall yet again
Time to harvest and rake leaves
...Fire up the wood stove

10-11-2006

            

      All Your Base...


The Oort Cloud men
Teach of the
Planets of the sun
As ten

10-11-2006

   

 Inquire...


Inquire of
the Lord
thy needs
unto
everlasting
reward

11-1-2006

                         


Upon a Moonlit Night


        Angels gazed
        breathless as
        under a spell
        Bright the veil
        swiftly falling
        this last
        moonlit night

        11-2-2006



      Talents


Talents are
God's gift
Thy earthly pay
Purpose to His
glory
every
day

11-4-2006


As Soft a Kiss


As soft
a kiss
brushed
quivering
remained
calling
mysteries
hidden
as now
desire
stirred
quickens
to bliss

11-10-2006

        

  Soft Rain


A tingling
wet touch
a cloud
awakened
and cast
the sun away
soft rain

11-13-2006

To Redemption


  Beloved
  child of God
  The Master
  has prepared
  the way
  to be
  redeemed

11-15-2006

                                      

The Snows of Autumn


The snows of Autumn
A promise of sweet water
For the lands below

11-21-2006

        

  Forever Hopeful


Comforted
Arrayed
white of depth
Man countenances
and endures
the moment
in His name
Forever hopeful

11-21-2006


Children's Footprints


 Children's footprints
 amoungst the
 beach sands
 trace where
 laughter
 briskly played

11-22-2006

                     

Outer Darkness


Demons laugh
in answer to
the forlorn
For the light
of hope
is silenced
in
fiery shadow

11-28-2006



The Death Mask


The death mask
displayed a
twisted
convergence
of comfort
and insidiousness
most Daliesque

11-29-2006




Understand


Understand
that you are
a child
of God
and stand
for civility

and love

11-29-2006

        



Upon a Tall Ship


Dancing sunsets
an enchantment
at sea
upon a
Tall ship
in
peaceful breeze

12-1-2006

        


             Love & Death


Love
death
Bitter
tears
Hush
this
pain
encaged in my
icy breast
O Lord
Release my crippled heart

12-4-2006

Daily Blessings


Daily
blessings
humble me
to God's true love
filling my
very thoughts
with His
infinite myst'ry

12-5-2006

        


      Men's Tears


Men's tears
come from on deep
A silent reflection
naked in its
wakening

12-6-2006

        

                  JK I


Cry iv
the hero
cheated of life
The cold path too want

12-7-2006

JK II


The cold... it stings so
One more step... (and another)
So tired... so hungry

12-7-2006

                                                

Seek...


Joseph sought in prayer
God the Father and His Son
Holy did appear

12-8-2006

        

On Bended Knees


    Peace be
    with thee
    who whispers
    their prayers
    softly
    on bended
    knees

    12-8-2006

                              

The Endowment


Through
the Lord's grace
is man endued
Restoring his
purpose

12-9-2006

        

The Myrmidon


Witness
the myrmidon
not as
grazing sheep
but a love
of silent
service

12-10-2006

        


Take Listen...


Take listen
to whom
the
Angels
sing on high

12-12-2006

Holy Refrain


Angels raise their voice
Singing of eternal joy
In holy refrain

12-12-2006

      


      Embrace


Embrace the
Holy Spirit
Seek ye
the palaces
of the Saints
The Temples
of God

1-27-2007

        

Waves (Crashing)


I miss the ocean
with her sounds;
scrabbling 'round
the tide pools...
taking in the sights

1-23-2007

      The Plan


The words of
The Master
that the sinful may
be made holy
evermore
Restored

2-9-2007

   

The Swift Stream


Though the stream be straight
Beware the eddies that may
Snare and let thee stray

2-9-2007

Ever Notice...


Ever notice the
Incongruity between
Asphalt and the tree

2-19-2007

      

   Milky Way


Our sun floats
in the
Milky Way
A sea of
stars beyond
in harmony

2-19-2007

                                               

Silence Cries


Tormented
silence cries

The dove
is slain

Her spirit
calls for

The end
of days

3-12-2007

            

  Before the Storm


Elemental whispers
break
tranquil silence
before drawing
upon deep
riotous voice

5-2-2007




   My Eternal Beloved


Renewed in strength
We rush together
laughing
crying
So fierce our breasts
ache to burst
Endowed with Heaven's
sweet passion
Apart never more

5-19-2007

  


                          New Gabbatha


Nine sit judgment before us, their victim

Nine riders upon the beast

Nine abrogating HIS law but unto themselves

Nine without authority bound to the people

not in the least

Nine to be judged by HE, yea, seriatum

7-15-2007




In a Light Breeze


Leaves make
a perpetual
susurrus
twisting on limbs
or fallen
without

7-16-2007

        


  Anticipatoræ


  White robes
  flowing

  Immaculate
  the
  heartbeats
  fluttering
  unceasingly

  Gone
  The end
  of days

7-26-2007

                                              


In Plain Sight


Manic minds
wend through
Gordian mores

Their masks
rarely
left behind

7-28-2007




Victory !


HIS besom wielded
The dragon flees in defeat
Comes forth the rainbow!

7-28-2007

       


            Scrabble


O'er
Roughest-relentless
Slope of scree
Precious are the
Harvested
Grinding querns
Precariously borne
Away

8-3-2007

    

      Harvest


Tender is
the harvest
HIS fruit,
heedless of
Lucifer's call,
not unforgiven

8-4-2007



 A Wafting of Rose


    The faint
    fragrance
    of rose
    on soft
    breeze
    brings desire
    to realize
    its petals

    8-7-2007




Losing You


O my heart
Its pain
an endless
aching
torment
Losing you

8-8-2007

                                


   Jesus Is


Jesus is
perfect love
The way
home to
The Father
... above

8-9-2007

                    




Lightning: Sight&Smell


The lightning nearby
Very close... white leggy veins
O-O+O- Ozone!

8-9-2007

                    


Comes a Summering Rain


        Comes
        a summering
        rain
        Winging
        Atwinkling
        golden sunshowers
        wrapped in
        Celestial rainbows

        8-11-2007

        

 Sanctuary - None


No sanctuary
from grief
My sorrows
become
wholly-unwelcomed
torments
upon dreaming

8-11-2007

The Rapier Wit


Clever words
unmercifully
uttered
slash scarlet
misty paths
as with
swords

8-17-2007




 Empassioned


Shedding my
worldly fears

Filled with
HIS passion

Solemn streams
a silence of
lingering tears

8-18-2007

      

Angels Sing


Angels
sing above
on high
silven
songs
of love

8-30-2007

                                       

The Calling



Remember
thy calling

Love one
to another

and serve
The Father

9-3-2007

                    

The Sabbath Day Is Here*

* click title for a mp3 variation available for download


The Sabbath Day is here !
The Sabbath Day is here !
I'm grateful for the Sabbath Day
The Sabbath Day i-is here

10-21-2007


                                                   

The Tower's Face



  Moonlight
  defined the
  ophitic
  tower's
  close
  face
  occulted
  misty white

  11-1-2007

            

Looking for Rainbows



Looking for rainbows
lets clouds pass by

a simple blessing
in disguise

11-6-2007

          

             Vigil



Even castles conceived
of the finest sands
must anxiously watch
for the inevitable
foundering swells

11-15-2007
            

In Repose


Eventide's fancy
Mind and body in repose
Musing over clouds

11-15-2007

            


I Dreamt You
Were Gone



Misty
eyed
a rain
of tears
awaits
but to
awaken

11-16-2007
                                    

A Toast of Amontillado


      Edgar Allan Poe
      was in a class
      of his own
      He wrote of the
      macabre most
      eloquently and
      left unturned
      no stone

      12-7-2007
                       


Ethereal Colours


     Wondrous
     the ways
     the living
     song of
     cherubim
     singing to
         Him
     in praise

    12-17-2007
            


Walking on Airs

O'er icy froth stream
Back-arched stride, Pirouette to
Tiptoe back again

12-17-2007
          




    12-15-2007


To-night
our reward
of sight
crescent moon
planets and
stars like fire
Heaven's
lights

12-18-2007
            


Take Me Back

Take me back again
A child barefoot in the park
The road back in time

12-18-2007
                        Rush


Rush flows
the city
numb with
pain
thundering
to its
breaking point
intently
insane

12-19-2007
                       




  ...Dreaming


Wandering the
canyons
of my mind
the moment
created when
all is possible
...dreaming

12-22-2007
           The Living Gospel


          HIS truths
          once lost
          returned
          sustained

          No longer
          eschewed
          and thus
          remain

          12-27-2007



    Respite


Underneathe bright azure
sky spun desire
The winds of love hesitated
breathless by a flower

1-1-2008
                                                       


 Love Alights


Love Alights
and Angels
sing
raining
Heavenly
blessings

1-3-2008
                   

Seek The Light


   Desire
   He whose
   love within
   will bring
   You to
   know the
   only way
   Home

   1-4-2008
                                2:Rafael


Laughing astral stranger
Starry eyed
of the evening winds
Oft walks among us
Blessed to be
our guide to
Paradise

1-15-2008
                       


  Laughter


Laughter
drives the
blues away
Be forgotten
the
frustrating
day

1-16-2008
                   

    Snow Day


Aloft
so softly
the snow
floats and
flutters dusting
rushing children
ecstatic
in airy play

1-22-2008
            





A Cry in the Rain


   Rain
   silver-dancing
   touchest
   softly to
   mingle with
   warm tears
   drawn from
   trembling
   flesh

   4-24-2008
                                                                 

 Children of the Day


Tarnished puppets
poisoned minds
contaminated by TV
barren as the
false idols infiltrating
their soft
static flesh

5-5-2008
                          

      L.O.C.


What fire
from Heaven
alight in
our souls
true to
His desire
is love

5-28-2008
            

Mi

Misty minded mi
Like fog-bound branch of frail tree
Touch doth make me weep

5-28-2008
                                       
EvenPrayer


May
Angels
Herald
His love
And light
To awaken
In us
This very
Night

 6-24-2008
                            
   BeReft


So lonely
gentle sea
whence
crept abject
breeze to
founder
never again
to return
my desire

6-26-2008
                            


A Maiden's Prayer


      Return
      ye priests
      shriven of
      childhood
      conscience
      and sin
      Come
      solemnly to
      the altar
      as endowed
      Men

      7-12-2008
                            



Realms of Rhyme


Realms of rhyme
a poet's mind
retreats to
envision
what wondrous
haven
in pursuit
of worlds untold
to muse

7-14-2008


ACROSS

Hapless mistletoe
Thy shame is not thine to bear
But was foreordained

7-14-2008
                        


Conformation


  Examine
  balance
  within your
  mind
  Desire the
  power to
  focus the
  psyche to
  thoughts of
  Heaven

7-15-2008
                  



Savior


Our
supernal
gift
risen
above

Alive
most
high
is
Christ

7-17-2008
                                           

       Epitome


Against the
shadow of despair
desire a purity
of mind found
only in the
living faith

7-23-2008
                                   

   Memories...


Sweetly
it beckons me
desire to
hear the roar
of surf on shore
memories
of the sea

7-24-2008
                              



Past Prescient


The past is what the now is predicated upon
and hence that to be
Would that I could prune that which is past
but then I wouldn't be me

8-23-2008
                           



Faith & Prayer


   Enter the
   lonely night

   Follow not
   sorrowful
   thoughts led
   astray to a
   refuge cold

   Bring light

   9-15-2008
            



Lords of Light


   Lords of
   meekness
   lead the
   people from
   the pain
   darkness
   brings...
   unto the Son

   10-1-2008
            



    Without You


The least of things
that I desire
Is to become
an Angel of Light
without wings

circa 11-1-2009
            


Sedoka-1


Wan leaves spared from fall
Figs shiver upon their tree
Ecstatic in fruit still sweet

Mid-November morn'
Sliver of a crescent moon
With promise waits to appear

11-21-2009




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