Milquetoast existence A vanilla life No peaks no valleys No drama no strife Nothing to highlight

The sun bade goodbye for the day Quickly sank below the skyline Then night shadows rolled as trees… Cool the breeze, from the dark oce… He stood atop the crested hill

Mornings I wake up fresh as an ei… Then I try to move and realize th… For all my joints hurt and I shiv… Craving a cup of java steaming hot… I’m old and the cells in my body t…

The Ballad of the Argonauts In the face of hopelessness, they’… That they’ll survive the violent m… But in their hearts, their chances… That they’ll dodge the impending d…

A Love Time Could Never Bind… A Sonnet For ten long years, their love has… A steady light through life’s unce… She lifts his heart, and he, the s…

A Ballad dedicated to my daughter… Up she goes ten feet high in the a… She spins with legs held tight, pe… He catches her as she descends gra… Her blade touches the ice quietly…

His heart’s been smitten From the first time he saw her Since then, none other In a breath, he knew ‘twas love She’s the angel from above

We grew in a traditional household Where misbehaving is not an option Discipline and stern rules we must… But love always an expressed emoti… Six sons six daughters a dozen in…

A Sonnet A magical sunrise to start the day With songbirds serenading from the… Leaves rustle gently in the mornin… The balmy air salty from ocean spr…

A Sonnet When we were children, often we ha… Knowing consequences, notwithstand… Gaffes and blunders, screwups of e… Still we were defiant, unrelenting

Suddenly without warning the storm… Upending all things standing in it… Debris everywhere, the world gone… Houses and trees, no one was spare… Roofs and branches littered fields…

I wish I had clairvoyance for a t… To see ahead and dodge each twist… Perhaps a glimpse would make my ch… And guide my steps before it is to… A crystal ball might show me what’…

The crimson orb sank slowly Till completely out of view The pale yellow moon rises To brighten the sky’s dark hue Ghost night shadows race across

Muggy summer morning; the sun risi… From where the blue ocean meets th… On tiny wavelets sun’s rays reflec… Streaky cirrus clouds floating way… It will be bright and sun-filled a…

My friend, I am a simple story-te… Whatever I write, they aren’t tre… For a prophet I’m not, neither a… Nor a philosopher with a grandiose… Simply put, I’m but a lowly balla…