A shooting star flashed across the… Vaporized; petered out somewhere n… Too late to make a wish; all he di… Wistful yet hopeful, gazing at the… In the east a quarter moon, yellow…

A gigantic tree, a hundred feet ta… Its canopy akin to voluminous drap… And its knuckled branches are twis… Into gnarly arthritic shapes. It’s been around umpteen generatio…

A Sonnet Perchance this is the last poem I… Without a doubt a sonnet it will b… One about nature’s grandeur and be… An enchanting universe with no bli…

o’er the still waters faint glimme… done! the reign of darkness, the e… dark clouds unraveled to welcome t… and farther east brand-new day has… the dawn upon us; voiding the shad…

She is the rain; life-giving, invi… Without her, his life a desert, ba… She is the sun; warm, radiant, lif… Through her, he feels the blessing… She is the wind; gently caressing…

God Will Provide When everything around you Appears to fade and crumble Night shadows darken your view And you’re sure you will stumble

The heat’s oppressive even in the… Bright wavy lines arise from the p… Looks like sparks will ignite any… Tinder dry woods could be in ruins… Out in the open field, our nerves…

First two days, stressful; but tou… Funnel clouds formed, though few t… But warnings rang in frightening f… Off to a shelter each time the ala… Thunder claps boomed, lightning bo…

Her reaction to the news quite emo… But others would have said simply… For hours and hours, she cried Cursed at those by her side And soon enough she became confron…

center Old photographs Smudged and dog-eared Sepia, black and white Yellowed and faded

A Sonnet Unforgiving fortunes, hammered by… His lonely existence somewhat unki… Fair worldly success he could neve… His best efforts always little too…

My life was simpler before I met… Perhaps I realized not what’s mis… My world was threadbare, a room wi… No sun, no stars; skylarks don’t e… Before you, my world’s monochromat…

Sky’s the palest of blue As the morning sun climbs Like old faded denims Washed a hundred times The sun peeks playfully

And so, I paused a moment, there… As verses came to mind; the birth… Then a smile curled my lips; and a… Gripped my heart, for at last, my… For when words abandon me, I’m a…

When stars hide, the night’s all b… But with eyes closed, we can dream Perchance slay creatures of the da… Thence await the morning sunbeam! When our world is seemingly cruel