Beauty

. Another North The Megalopolis just north of here Rumbles and heaves and slumbers not at all, Though I at...

. Why She Broke Up with Him Not long before their college graduation, His bright and beautiful four-year girlfriend, With...

. Thy Servant Elizabeth _“Well-done, unswerving servant,” _All the church bells rang _On all the roads of England, _While all...

. Hope By no means has my hope turned to despair. I’ve not the wakeful nights, the woeful gaze Up...

. Sunflower Field _A boundless, isle-less sea of green Bestrewn with yellow starbursts gently swaying--- The heavens mirrored, dazzlingly displayed...

. Spacewalk Around earth’s blue-white marble sphere the black is ancient, soundless, near; starry webs burn in dawnlike glare. A...

. A Reason for Hope __The sky so bright, __The morning mist, __The inbound flight Back to the items on...

. To a Most Tempting Pancake “Quae mollis est, amanda est.” (What is soft, is to be loved) ---Libri Matutini...

. Shackled I crave a morning hit when I rise up, A trifle touch to take the edge away To...

. Umbra The blazing height of summer’s day Now darkens to weird quasi-night--- Translucent dusk, half-cloaking gray, Half-veiling darkness pierced...

. Inklings Shut off that damn brainwashing, numbing screen!Tonight I did. I reached, opened that book.From sentences, the mind gleans...

. Uxorious? He tried to guard composure as he pressed the new denarius to his chapped lips and unbecoming tears...

. Mary ---a sequel to “Martha," prompted by James A. Tweedie The night grew still, the lamps gave off a...

. Falun Dafa Parade The heartbeat of a marching band lies in the beating drums, The power of a sleeping...

. On Having a Little Girl She looks at me with hazel eyes And freckles on her sun-kissed cheeks. These...

. Snapshots of Oxford---July 20, 2025 The drowsy wasps that kept me on my toes; The groups of foreign students...

. Mourning Doves Hear the soft coo—a coo that faithful love imparts; Mourning doves, they share as one, two beating...

. True Worth Her thoughts do not align with "bigger, better"; A humble mode of living suits her fine. The...

. The Power I’ve noticed more and more of late My power to infuriate Is stronger than it’s ever been....

. The Bristlecone Pine For centuries, the stalwart pine has stood __in this unwonted spot. Its shallow roots and resinous...

. Autumn’s Fairy Tale ーan ode to Yugen The golden eve allures As autumn’s sun illumes, Gleaming in rose subdued....

. The Dance When Arsis and Thesis met on the dance floor, one bowed to the other, the other implored:...

. Of Cats and Cardinals ---for George Lionel (2005 – 2025) You left us at the hour of the owlWhen...

. Five Dappled Things A weave of twigs upon the ground; five eggs, cream white, flecked with gray. An ark...

. Martha “Lord, don’t you care that my sister has left me to do the work by myself? Tell her...

. The Harvest As drops of water drop and drip and drop, Each dripping drop soon fills the deepest crack....

. Unspoken Moments A sunpatch nap the first warm day of Spring, A curled up kitten sleeping in your lap,...

. Poetic Influences Elements swirling in motion,Music in splashes and streams!Waterfall, wild rushing river,Nature is stirring up dreams. Fog on...

. Vesper At dewfall Pipistrella brings her silent flickering silhouette to haunt the after-glimmerings that linger on the garden yet....

. Lasting Karma What’s the key to living life that matters? How do we spend this precious time on earth?...

. The Flower’s Refrain A tender shoot breaks through the ground, Drawn upward by the golden sun; It spreads its...

. The Pervading Presence The summer gleams in meadow, stream, and hill Beneath the warming sun of mid-July; No sudden...

. On Quantock Hills On Quantock Hills, as Skylarks sing aloft, A humble pilgrim walks on ways of old, In...

. Optimism ---to the Class of 2025 The world is cold and hard and dark enough; We need not cloud...

. Never Time to Spare ---a villanelle My daughter, I am watching you with love for I’ve been there, When...

. Independence Day, 2025 It’s so much more than red and white and blue And stars that spangle banners flying...

. The Playland Once in a playland caked with fresh-born mud, I saw a league of book-freed children smile collectively...

. Summer Family Cookout Criss-cross, hamburger toss, _Flip that sizzlin’ patty! Pretty please, and top with cheese! _You’re the Great...

. Bayesian Hubris v. Mercy Seat 11A “Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, who miraculously walked away from the Ahmedabad disaster, in...

. Every Square Inch Her every square inch, her breath, and her voice, In all this and more my soul...