Fingers intertwined They stroll along a beach White sand, deserted in late after… Their dark silhouettes Racing quickly ahead of them

Torrents! Sheets of rain fell all… At times, six to eight inches an h… Nature’s display of destructive po… And we were impotent before its mi… We watched the fireworks; hunkered…

always they come– tribulations, bi… heavy punishing rains or many days… losses, real or imagined, material… knock us down, fill us with paraly… but when dread and gloom inhabit o…

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

Alas! it’s September; it’s summer… Sad farewell to hot days and sultr… Goodbye to flowered shorts and lin… Gone the sunny beaches; my erstwhi… Autumn’s here, sadly! there’s fenc…

A Sonnet Earth-bound; we envied the birds i… And wished we can swim swift like… Even if doors be shut, we could wa… Or go back in time, perhaps never…

O’er the eons rain fell mostly in… And a great blue lake was heretofo… But the surrounding peaks hungered… Now they’re treeless, barren and f… Yet cast against lake and sky in s…

Her eyes say it all The smile hidden by her mask Just how thrilled she was A bounce in her stride A spritely spring in her gait

A Tribute to Today... It’s the first day of April And he’s wary and watchful He’s on his toes and careful Not wanting to be made a fool

The time has stopped, universe at… Today’s just a mirror of yesterday My life’s become a tiresome carous… Pointless trifling tasks to while… The fun and passion of my younger…

Almighty God, maker of all things I hear you when a little bird sing… I see you when the morning sun ris… I feel you in all of your disguise… Your face I see in the clouds abo…

Without a commitment to forgive To start afresh and anew each day, The heart hardens; unwilling to gi… Love loses its luster and fades to… Failure to forgive rings the doorb…

The magic of October In full colorful display More pleasant temperatures To welcome the break of day Evenings be cool and balmy

I have haikus in my veins I have verses in my soul A thousand rhymes in my head Write them! my elusive goal With eyes closed; I visualize

He stared at the board In hyperfocus! Oblivious to the world Intense and nervous... This never gets old