(2015)
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…
A faint scent of jasmine Stirred up an emotion Long, long dormant She wore it often Her magic potion
Summers used to be pleasant In the air the ocean’s salty scent Lows in the low seventies Highs in the low nineties Clear deep blue skies
The witches came out at noon As darkness embraced the land The sun hid behind the moon For moments there we all stand By the seashore in the dune
Look into my eyes That you may discern I pray Truth of what I say My love for you unending Beyond this world transcending
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…
At the young mother he looked With worried, quizzical eyes Then said “How come you have Just one earring?” Startled, she grabbed both ears
A Limerick Just for Laughs We all went to dinner; me, myself… We sat on one chair, we don’t know… I did most of the talking Myself quietly listening
center it rained; rather it poured! sheets and buckets of water fell in just a few hours; our street became a river!
An old photograph Once colorful But not anymore It’s all I have To remind me
We crave attention Thirst for applause and acclaim The trappings of fame What others have, we covet Fame fortune in our buckets
She dances to a beat nobody hears A heavenly melody in her head A smile on her face, in her eyes n… A gleam, a sparkle, a twinkle inst… It’s a warm, sun-filled, beautiful…
His life’s a carousel, round and r… No ups, no downs; nowhere his dest… A pointless voyage, to somewhere n… And in his grasp, a one-way ticket… He wakens, the day’s a mirror of y…
the movers came today; three short, muscled guys one by one they carried all of his possession… to the yellow truck,
Haiku A friendly face he sees In the early morning mist Serendipity Periwinkle sky