Beauty

. Deep in the Heat of Texas a rhupunt One hundred one, a scorching sun that I should shun. I...

. First Footsteps on a One-way Journey to America Leave home behind, another lies ahead, Beyond these hills, these clover-covered...

. My Boy His mess of hair plays with the wind; Eyes beaming now, he shines alive, A thrill to...

. Lahaina I’ve felt your restless tides and watched your palms Sway in the breeze that sweeps in from Lanai;...

. Mighty Oak Spread thy boughs, oh mighty oak, __Let fall thy wine-red leaves, Which, when the rains around thee...

. Beach Fragments A million tiny fragments strewn across the sand Along the foaming margin of the boundless sea--- The...

. The Outing . I Miss Deidre Ealing of Tiny Tots School, A woman who'd never be anyone's fool, Observing...

. Facing a Famine of Fatherhood in memory of Father Peter Carota They say a country road or city street,...

. Two Summer Villanelles . l. Lone Star Sear The burn and boil is grim for some. I’m red of...

. To a Sand Gazelle You must believe the light will carry you, Across the Rub al Khali of your...

. Curious Couplets . Goose Lady When driving through a blizzard, Marge Espied a goose, not over large. Determinedly it...

. The Blame Game a kyrielle They rile. They gall. They know it all. These irksome jerks in folly’s thrall Are perilously cretinous. __It’s always Them....

. Conversion The great advantage of the years I stacked up often carelessly And often as a mutineer Against all...

. The Forgotten Earl He thought about the sonnets that he wrote; The time he spent composing metered lines Of...

. August. The rose-of-sharon blossoms float like stars Within my reach: I’m lying on the grass Observing sunset fade and...

. The Sky Within The rolling sea becomes a frothy lather When argent Sister Moon calls forth a tide And...

. Death Musings . 1 On New Year's Day my body fell as dead Before a frightened child who hid...

. The Heavy Launch of the Siegfried Idyll The landing offered just the space required for Wagner and the band...

. . Learn Now, Learn Now, Young Master ‘Learn now, learn now, young master; You soon will take your test....

. Key West Rum, reeling, raunchiness, and revelry, Palms, poincianas, palaces of old--- All lie behind; the Morro Castle’s hold...

. Henry at Morning Time I’m lost in Greek or Latin, when You break into my life again. “Daddy, look!...

. Seaside Retreat Footsteps move slow through shifting sand; A weather-beaten picket fence Encloses beach verbena fanned By sea oats...

. Formulas for Failure I’ve seen too much of devastating failure, In almost every avenue of life. One might guess...

. Back to Sleep In very early years, now far behind, When I returned to earth at midnight deep From...

. The Sea The sea rolls on, unchanged. Unmarred By earthly wars it stays unscarred. Always as long as man...

. On Lies and Liars A Double (Petrarchan) Sonnet . “You are of your father the devil, and your will...

. Melodious Curlew Melodious curlew mottled brown and bister, No longer raise your crescent-shapen beak Towards the waning moon, to...

. Via Appia Beneath the pines of Rome, the wrinkled sibyl will croak your future for eleven cents, and with...

. Meditation on the Moon O! think about that strange celestial clump, That ball of dust God found beneath His...

. Balderdash? What are these hidden, unseen things? Do angels, demons, float on wings? Such ghostly shapes the full moon...

. A Birthday Prayer Dear God, a new year has begun, My thirty-fourth of blessèd life. You’ve given children, lovely...

. Panchavati, An Introduction by Maithili Sharan Gupt (1886-1964) translated by Paddy Raghunathan The full moon’s mesmerizing rays Appear to...

. Stand There comes a time to stand for what you know To be the right, whatever be the cost....

. Suiseki Rainfall has stopped; it’s the best time for hunting a stone. Drizzle still dampens debris; Trees put forth...

. Insomnia Kyrielle The stars above have gone to bed, their quilt of clouds a calming sweep as moonlight strokes...

. The Nation’s Heart The Nation’s heart has passed away, A loving grandmother to all. And now it’s for her...

. Heavy Excess a plea from the human realm I must flee this land where feelings choke, Unrope attachments that...

. Peace For Our Time "I believe it is peace for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet...

. The Billboard a pantoum It’s propped along the route I roll— A squatting square against the sky, Atop a...

. Don't Mess with Texas Gals On My Late Life Wife . Don't mess with my hot Texan. She's Texas...