Earlier this year, my wife and I visited Pompeii. We saw the ruins and the people who perished but were preserved in the moment of their deaths. That inspired this poem.
#2020
Not a Sonnet I was alone in the house, Saturda… About to nap; opted instead to be… The theme or the story? That I kn… A tragic tale; or newlyweds on a h…
center i’ve tried to find meaning in everything I see, but sometimes a sunset’s just a moment to cherish!
Swish! Swish! Sounds as she shuff… Thump! Thump! Her heart beating l… She’s on a Zumba session Her face a dour expression Tired, exhausted, drained; she can…
Indeed, letting go isn’t easy But it’s something we must do To unburden our hearts completely And in doing so, to ourselves be t… Just imagine it is autumn, look at…
All the talents that we have been… From His bounty, gracious and ove… Bury them not underground to lay f… Let them light the sky, bright and… The third steward; let us not emul…
center thoughts he expressed not in four words, but two he eats just once a day so, he’d cook just once too
Fun and excitement over A few days after New Year The world is back to normal Sadly, life’s trials still here They make our days less pleasant
We crave attention Thirst for applause and acclaim The trappings of fame What others have, we covet Fame fortune in our buckets
Surrender not; hope, give up never Look east! Rising, the radiant su… Soonest, it’s rays will warm us al… Light shall banish darkness, and w… Fret not therefore, the Lord shal…
Come Mend my heart Broken into pieces Come Fix my dreams ripped apart
for fourteen long days in triple digits afternoon rainstorms the only respite the heat wave will be
the journey begins wherever we may be... the train won’t leave, unless we say so, for the future
It’s mid-April glorious spring in… Hydrangeas roses red and violets b… Radiant flow’rs wiping away winter… Blossoms matching the rainbow’s ev… Sadly, in Kyiv no flowery gardens
Once upon a time in a village by t… There lived a lady whom we shall c… She likes to work all day Till the sky’s dark and gray She toils non-stop for she loves t…
Come, meet my shadow Whenever whither I go Always he’d follow But dark nights he disappears Leaving me with all my fears