once the larvae have hatched how long can they survive without… each day I go forceps in hand to count the dead

crumbling mortar and stone among the trees it stands alone morning glories creep upon the flo… the stair has fallen through the d… the music of summer is in the air

the darkening hills a triumvirate of crows in the glowing gloom

which of our ancestors did it - traded wings for thumbs burdened us with possessions fed us to the uncompromising earth…

Time for a pit stop Half face in rear view mirror Road unwound behind

There is an even-handed justice in… No senility forgiven, but caught a… Blood and flesh, bone and marrow To feed the life of another, And back to the earth that gave it…

odd to think of the world without… a frozen corpse in the revolving e… molten lava below cold stars above journeying through the long, wide… unknowing

In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart

Nature’s snowy gown Melts into a silky pool Spring’s passion awakes

Beneath that secretive smile A strong hot thrust From a sidewalk grate….

GRAVE POEM: EDITH MUDGET… How is it that I, who kept my hou… And, indeed, my life, and the live… Of my family, in perfect order; I, who made the beds before they w…

wind tangled trees coiling across a yellow moon spiraling leaves surf-curled dunes

white-rimmed waves crawl reluctantly shore ward moody city skyline rebuffs shafts of sunshine cloud confusion

My queen for a day My man’s is in drag again Halloween party