Seconds ticked away Over soon, the lovely day Fond goodbyes we say Only memories remain Of the sunset and the rain

In an old, old kingdom, once upon… Wearing a mask deemed a horrible c… Then came coronavirus Plague from old Osiris Masks are now topsellers on Amazo…

Limerick Just for Laughs A woodland fairy lives on the east… All alone in a wooden shack; every… She’s young and loves company But no other fairies she could se…

I once knew a young lady everyone… And no one approaches her with gen… Her tongue a wicked knife Her voice a high-pitched fife She’s got malignity and viciousnes…

Yes, he’s smart, way smarter than… Not me of course; though that’s de… But now he’s departed to the other… A deep sadness I feel; it’s unavo… Rivals we weren’t, but we could ha…

Face of an angel Her looks melt his lovesick heart Throbbing just for her Roses are ashamed to bloom When around her crimson lips

Once there was a poet with severe… He tried everything but the words… Desperate, he tried marijuana Sadly, it didn’t bring nirvana Disappointed he concluded weed’s a…

The soothing warmth of sunrise Hazy glare from the window When sleepy eyes we open Primed ready for today’s show Cornucopia of blessings

A cup of latté Guilty yet simple pleasure To welcome the day At the deck I sat Squinting at the morning sun

Few thousand miles swallows travel Twice a year in mass migration To party somewhere temperate Avoid winter hibernation The swallows leave Capistrano

Dark nimbus clouds are threatening But no! It won’t ruin my morning For with Nature I’m communing And to the Almighty I’m praying! The wind is strong, trees are sway…

Long hair, denim jacket, Frye boo… A Fu Manchu, behind dark green R… No cares, top of the world, indest… Aah! to be young again, no aches n… A mile in less than six, not break…

Had two jabs four weeks apart Eight months later got booster’d Like superman unafraid Now I have Delta mastered But then the little O came

As a youth, I felt like superman An immortal, an ultimate warrior But life tempered my outlook Sadly, now I have become a worrie… © F Aparici

Glacier covered peak Like hands in pray’r rising up To mystical heights Deep blue lake waters Robin’s egg sky up above