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.
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Kind words are free; offered by th… They edify, they comfort, they beg… But words unkind cut deeper than a… They hurt and destroy even across… Thus, with your words be careful,…
Once there lived an old hypochondr… Who thought he was having a heart… Just a heartburn it was A copious amount of gas His wife forbade him a late-night…
“Sweetie, it’s not you, it’s me! I care about you, don’t you see?” It seems he hears that everyday… It’s an awful, hurtful cliché… And so ends his latest romance
The soothing warmth of sunrise Hazy glare from the window When sleepy eyes we open Primed ready for today’s show Cornucopia of blessings
the journey begins wherever we may be... the train won’t leave, unless we say so, for the future
After thirteen years I bid farewell To a faithful friend; My constant companion When I was all alone!
We crave attention Thirst for applause and acclaim The trappings of fame What others have, we covet Fame fortune in our buckets
A fork in the road To the west Jerusalem Due east Babylon Thousands traveling eastward But the road west deserted
Rolling meadows stretch into the s… Treetops glow in myriad shades of… Flowers bloom brightly in the suns… In rainbow colors; what a perfect… But the mercury is rising, an omin…
One day in the garage we saw a big… It wasn’t moving, I thought it wa… Even so, I got a broom The critter met its doom My wife quite frightened, she won’…
center Wake up sweet darling Let the sun caress you And let me kiss your lips Sweet as morning dew
She left the front door unlocked A burglar came in the night All the furniture he knocked And stole everything in sight She let him into her heart
Tonight was simply amazing And my heart’s still beating fast At long last she and I met A friendship I hope forever last I’ve adored her from a distance
center In a deserted Long Beach inn Next to the marina; They bid their farewells While gazing at Catalina;
When I was a young teen, she was… She knew all about me, because I… Knew all my skeletons, on her I c… Ain’t my sweetheart, just a really… As always, life intervenes, and we…