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One Hundred Sunsets

One Hundred Sunsets I want to watch one hundred sunsets before I die. Not with furtive glances of borrowed time, over my shoulder, over life’s din. But sunsets – long and slow, with sand slipping...

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Low

This poem is dedicated to anyone who is struggling. Low Low, is a place that well I know; dark and alone, time slows; eerie light, shadow. Low, is a place that devours all space; brings tears to my...

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I Did Not Finish

Dedicated to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, and anyone who was taken out of life’s race too soon. I took a run today; The day warmish, time I cherish; Birds circling, a stream gurgling;...

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A Mother’s Eye

“This poem is dedicated to My wife, Melissa, My mother, Lorraine, My stepmother, Zona, And every mother out there. Happy Mother’s Day!” If you ever wondered what she sees, A mother, paused with...

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Chapter 46

Today I turned a page And a new chapter leapt From the unread, to read; Forty five lost, not kept. I turned another page But I cannot turn back No hope to again read Those pages written black. Each...

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Today, I Stopped

“The highest form of wisdom is kindness” – The Talmud photo credit: coda via photopin cc This morning I came upon a car, broken down on the side of the road. Forty years ago I would have ridden past,...

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A Parent’s Duty To A Child

A duty and a promise to my children – Zachary, Tessa, and Hayle Walk in front at the spring of life;then beside, through winter’s last days. A Parent’s Duty To A Child Remember what they forget; and...

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Nether-land

Dedicated to anyone who is dealing with dementia. Nether-land photo credit: Greg Balzer via photopin cc Where do you go, o’ mother? Where does your mind rest? When your words in this world, unfurled,...

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A Better Mother’s Day Card

Yesterday, I mailed my mother a standard Mother’s Day card. But today, I felt like that card just wasn’t good enough. So today I mailed her this letter. I thought I’d share it because some of you might...

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