Beauty

. Samhain Behind the turning leaves a red-breast peeks,In light dim-lit by mists on Samhain dawn;The earth is churned by...

. Underfoot Fescue and clover: A luxuriant carpet Fit for a king’s feet. . . Murder They take noisy flight,...

. Contemplative Days A sky of dim and pale display __Brings forth late autumn calm. "A restful peace," it seems...

. Smile “Nothing you wear is more important than your smile.” ---Connie Stevens I didn’t weigh your sway and worth__Until you...

. Melancholy Hues (of Autumn) ---an ode The third of four trimesters of the yearsees summer flag. The mercury recedesand...

. Truth Streaked Across the Sky Truth streaked across the skyAlighting on a foreign strand,Where politicians buried itBeneath the lying...

. Diners For single men alone, what impulse spurs us To find them everywhere? –the burned-out lights, the squat brick...

. Raking Leaves The blaze of autumn's orange-gold is gone, And now it's time to rake the fallen leaves, __To...

. Solid Rock With open heart, but eyes shut tight, led by our feelings, not by sight, they are the...

. First Pick Flamingo They used to call this player the flamingo; They chaffed and mocked; they were full of...

. A Brief Respite From murky depths, I rise, by duty fetched,And breaking surface in the waking world,I find my...

. Beryl Spring ---Yellowstone National Park Towering torrents of steam and mist Rise next to the side of the road,...

. The Garden Dense boughs and variegated blooms __That once festooned a garden Are dying as November births __Pellucid forms...

. A Recruiter Tells It as It Isn’t Your World War One recruitment agent prays he finds you well. Your...

. Homeostasis "When it is not necessary to change, it is necessary not to change."  —Lucius Cary, Viscount Falkland In...

. The Ghosts of Altamira ---a meditation A herd of prehistoric bison; blood beliefs Depicted in concentric whorls with prints...

. Contra Computerdom I hold this fountain pen with thumb and fingers, burgundy barrel, gold and rhodium nib, Montblanc white-sea-star...

. Simplicity “Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things.” ---Sir...

. Elegy for a Cowboy Cousin An autumn wind is stirring strong across the dusty hills, As tumbleweeds leave skittered...

. Loose Me! “Loose him, and let him go.” ---John 11.44 O loose me, Jesus! Jesus, set me free from...

. Song of the Spirit After midnight slightly drowsy, Contemplating writing lousy, While the script-score I redacted, Something in my...

. The Iron Road  Flecked with the dust of snow, the iron rails Lie still and undisturbed beneath a sky...

. Passing Through a Graveyard Marred old friends whose breath has passed Are cold friends whose breadth I pass. Some...

. Prayer as an Antidote for Unbelief Just imagine if, while you’re entreating the sky, You were met with the...

. Autumn I find myself possessed among the red (The maple) and the yellow (oak); possessed Of some distinct yet...

. A Ballad of Bellport In stockings and slippers, A dress to her knees, She scans the horizon And takes...

. The Good Life What is the good life that God is providing? What is the good life He seeks...

. S O S Keep the fleecy wolves from bleating. Hold the pack of jackals back. Seize the greedy grubbers...

. Look Up Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn on a world split apart The prophet scorned the academic dress of those who had...

. Skellig Michael a remote island off the Irish coast A whispered, whistled wind resounds the echo Of the circling...

. The Walk Whether you call it a walk or a run, some animals tread on the water for fun,...

. Tattered I watched a butterfly today, grappling with the barbarous breeze. She was suspended and entrapped under a canopy...

. Apologies at Antoninus Pius’s Table, 155 A.D. . I. Rome’s Glory “Arriving at this feast, how proud I stand...

. To Melody, on Her Wedding Day And now the hour has come for you to fly, To leave your...

Old Chestnut I’m the spirited girl with the chestnut hair, Common countenance pale, smile occasionally stressed, High forehead and wide,...

. Three Death Musings . 1 One day the conqueror worm will conquer me And therewith render life the Joker's...

. Westward, with Columbus The North Atlantic Ocean was awashwith monsters and leviathans, or sowe fearfully supposed, and thought it...

. To the Autumn Birches The languid light of waning day Glares undiffused by any cloud, Still strong, defying its...

. Ghosts of the Watchtower The end-of-summer breeze gives hint with cool caress Of coming autumn gales and forecasts of...

. The Meaning of Pearl Necklaces Most pearls are prized because the luster of Their loveliness lies held in shapely...