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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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...
View ArticleI 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;...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleChapter 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...
View ArticleToday, 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,...
View ArticleA 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...
View ArticleNether-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,...
View ArticleA 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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