It may indeed be phantasy, when I
Essay to draw from all created things
Deep, heartfelt, inward joy that closely clings ;
And trace in leaves and flowers that round me lie

We drove to see a play I'd only read. I'm really glad my seat was on the aisle. Act V, scene iii all eyes were watching, while old Lear holds in his arms Cordelia, dead. The only dry eyes...

"Hmmm! What is this?" Before I heard or saw I caught the subtle scent you wore that day. I noticed it the night I said, "Please stay." You stayed. Each day you filled my heart with awe. ...

The room was crowded, somber, stale, dark. A wake? No Shiva! (and I'm not a Jew). The widow's look at me, a question mark. I didn't know them or what I should do. "And who are you?" I...

If once more I could move just as I please. Some days are not so bad. Some days I cry. You know, I feel it in my fingers, knees, My body's breaking down. I don't know why. Just thinking of...

You tutored me. Can still recite by rote the who and whom begats. On details drilled I mastered cues to quote the anecdote and when to laugh or sigh 'mid tales distilled of rogues revealed,...

Depression, grief, the sinking pit of "Why?" Fate's wheel turned down. As I remember when misfortune struck, defeat or worse how I betrayed myself, I chant "If only...then." Elation, ...

Each night in dreams I face a knight or snake. I seek a maiden, fair or hermit, kind. I fly or fall or flee before I wake. It's said each is an aspect of my mind. My boss is not my shadow,...

A string of buttons (but for what?), a cord, a pen (no point) a jig-saw puzzle piece, (impossible to chuck, inane to hoard. Toss when I die. I'll not cease till I cease) A bottle stopper,...

(Didactic Poetry)

In the poem, “Hurricane Preparedness Watch” there is much basic information about the derivation of the word, ‘hurricane’; how hurricanes are named and how...