Early morning purple clouds Gleam of light in horizon No sign a storm is brewing But waves stir in gray ocean Wind speed picks up shortly

Yes, we kid you not She’s the prettiest li’l girl In the whole wide world Today she turns two There’ll be a birthday party

He grapples now with all that life… Since days have passed, and he is… Though bright moments come, the sh… And sometimes he feels there’s no… Some days he wanders, lost in quie…

warm water bubbled up the hot spring; as she minded wet clothes she hung on a string, between two poles wild flowers on her hair;

From the Ashes Twilight it was, storm clouds roll… Lightning flashes tortured the ski… Torrential rain and fearsome winds Power’s out as the tempest flies

Don’t force what isn’t meant to st… For bonds too tight, will rip in t… Let friendships form their own swe… What’s forced is never pure nor tr… Love, too, when pressed, will fade…

Seventy five, a milestone That I thought I’d never reach Tis dusk, I face the unknown In my life’s secluded beach I think about tomorrow

At sixty years, the classmates cam… Some shuffled in while others roll… Some names forgotten, every face l… Was that old Joe? No clue—it coul… With blurry eyes, they squinted ne…

When shadows fall, he contemplates… The weight of life too heavy to wi… Each step he takes he feels his wi… As hardships rise like waves upon… Through years of silence, struggle…

center The embers rippled In the chilly nighttime breeze Red and white and shimmering Flames not so far away

Periwinkle skies, cold winter morn… After a stormy night of sleet and… Icicles in tree branches glistenin… Invitingly from the upstairs windo… The winter scene calls to her chil…

There are justifications why solit… Has been considered cruel and unus… There is a reason why our Maker c… To be Adam’s wife; she wasn’t cre… For man’s a social creature needin…

With desire in his heart, he gazed… And imagined the taste of her lusc… As he stroked and caressed her flo… Her face reminds him of a thousand… He adored her from afar; never fel…

Shoe laces and old men, not made f… Just one of many truths, recently… And here’s another; every night’s… Even when springtime and May flow… Our tolerance for extremes severel…

An Ode to America, the Beautiful… she drives on the lonely highway to a place far away; scenes unfold before her, nature’s bounty on display...