An Ode to the Color Blue Blue is the color of the clear sky On a sunny cloud-free summer day The ocean dazzles in shades of blu… As wavelets shimmer like kids at p…

No birth, no death; no beginning,… Before there was Alpha, way beyon… Earlier than the dawn of creation,… Black holes had devoured every sup… My feeble mind fails to grasp the…

Farewell fellow traveler We’ll see you on the flip-side May tailwinds guide you safely As you cross the great divide A real pleasure knowing you

A Haiku Blue green dragonfly Hopping blossom to blossom Whispering sweetly Wings of gossamer

Letter to a Daughter My dearest child, once fierce I s… A warrior proud with armor gleamin… But when you came, my heart, it sp… I worried then, and watched you th…

In my youth I dreamt that I could soar above the clouds O’er the trees and o’er The green hills of our sleepy town I’d glide up to heaven

In our minds the beginning Of conscious innermost thought However, it’s in our hearts An idea spreads its root Nurtured nourished it’ll flourish

A Sonnet In black and white, my world now s… Like yin and yang, with darkness p… Two opposites in balance, hand in… Where joy and sorrow dance through…

Twilight, and the skies are premat… As starlings, a throbbing, swirlin… Eclipse the last vestiges of the a… There’s foreboding! Aye, an incip… The starling cloud dazzles in the…

A Sonnet Porcelain beauty! fine and delicat… Elegant beautiful mesmerizing Sparkling almond eyes lovely encha… Heart shaped rosy lips invite capt…

On a beach, on the western shore Big waves and surfers congregate Mostly young, men and women both Best surf assuredly, no debate Daring youth, all with surfboards

He woke up a little bit early His demeanor was rather surly Raining cats and dogs And out came the frogs He can’t face the world readily

Thank God, it’s Friday; week’s al… Bags packed, ready to go, come qui… The beach awaits; it’s gonna be su… For I’ll be spending time with my… I drive to work, my heart’s pitter…

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

On a white canvas, Monet daubed p… And captured the beauty of water l… In the right lighting; yes, they c… Yet I’d prefer a lily swaying in… The ancients built pyramids and zi…