Category Archives: Poems

All right! Enough, already, this profligate squander of luxury! Todays duties demand I rise, brush diamond star dust from my eyes, arm myself for skirmish. Time again, tonight, cosseted in moonlight, to balance the days travails with the joy of … Continue reading →

Timmy and Tommy, identical twins, brotherlikebrother, went to the masquerade ball as the other! Surprise!!! Both won first prize.

He went to the masquerade maskless. He won! No one could guess who he was.

I use’d ta be able ta’ do lots ‘a what I ain’t able no more ta’ do! But I still cn’ do som’ a’ what I use’ ta do wid’ a modicum of success! So’s, I does.

It starts with a choice, planted, mixed with a mustard seed: choose to believe in something else, something other, possessing – -INTENT – and then to give IT the power to implement -INTENT- and then to taste and see whether … Continue reading →

770 POEMS ARE BEING SORTED INTO A DOZEN SELF-PUBLISHED, THEMATICALLY TITLED BOOKLETS WHICH WILL BE SOLD AT A FEW STORES AND ART SHOPS AROUND SOUTHPORT, NC, (MAYBE)… AND TODAY, FOR NO SPECIFIC REASON, THIS BLOG BEGINS AGAIN WITH # 1. … Continue reading →

Why did anxiety wake me this morning? Is it a dearth of faith I believe in? Is it twists in my gut I’ve grown fond of? Have I let go of the Love that has lead me? Have I turned … Continue reading →

Writing junk takes its toll not just on aspirations, but on my soul. If I can’t offer a cup of pristine water to my reader, it is no better barter to construct a Versailles fountain fed by – slightly – … Continue reading →

Higginson, instead of the seer he should have been, was, for her, mere tradesmen, buyer and seller of slate and shale for the rooftops of New England. So, when his moment arrived, he did not recognize that diamond in the … Continue reading →

Whenever I feel the need to be beaten, at chess, I call my neighbor for a tournament. We’ll play two games, a third if we need to break the tie, though usually, we don’t. He always wins. I learn some … Continue reading →