POEMS 1995-1998
REASSURING
A FATHER'S HANDS
KOKOPELLI
THE PRICE
THRENODY
FIRSTBORN 1950
DEATH
AN UNDISCOVERED LAND
"Don't lollygag, scalawag, scurry on home."
SEA SHELLS
A DIFFERENT DAY
KRYSTAL AT TWO
REMEMBRANCE
A THRUSH WILL SING
A SUNDAY FOR SATIRISTS
YOU CAN'T STAPLE SOULS
THE QUIET TIME
COLORADO
FLIGHT
ECHOING QUEST
NOVEMBER WIND
AFTERWORD
ON HEARING SCHUBERT TRIO IN B FLAT
SWEET PRINCE
CHEETAH, SEEN AT WILDLIFE SAFARI, WENTON, OR.
ADAPTABILITY
A LEFTHAND POEM
LOVESCAPE
ON NANTAHALA; JULY
SUCCESS
SENSUOUS
"Lemon tasting baby dreams"
A PROMISE FULFILLED
THE FOREST
SHE'S BEEN STOCKPILING HAPPINESS
GREEN CHILIES
THE BALLAD OF PASTOR DON
CAMP FIRE CHIT CHAT
THEIR PEOPLE
A SOLDIER'S FORTUNE
WIND SONG
NIGHT VISITOR
VICTIM OF SOCIETY
DEATH MOTHER'S LULLABY
FOR SALLIE (1876-1925)
MELISSA'S RESTING PLACE
GENERATIONS
DOES ANYBODY KNOW SHE'S HERE
"Words can devour the mind and eat away at the heart."
BLAZE OF GLORY
BEFORE THE SUN RISES
TIME
12TH STREET IN OCTOBER
A GRANDFATHER LIKE YOU
LONELY
THE FEEL OF A WRITER
SELLING OUT
RED ALERT
MASQUERADE
NATURE'S CHILD
BEND OVER THIS WON'T HURT A BIT
THE SIMPLE MEN
TRAINS IN THE BACK YARD
CANDLE
SHE'S HAVING HER PARTY EARLY TODAY
DREAMWALK
CHOSEN RECALL...
GARDEN WORKSHOP
A BAD PLACE TO VISIT
A SINGLE ROSE
GRANDMA'S SHAWL
THE GUIDING VOICE
SISTERS
COUNTRY OF DREAMS
CHRISTMAS PAST
THE TREES ARE SILENTLY WEEPING...
MARCHING
WHISPERING ON THE WIND
THE WHARF
REFLECTION
THE MUSIC
HER PENPALS
WINTER
ODE TO THE NIGHT
WHY DO THE BIRDS SING
ANASAZI
SUMMER'S END
THE SWAN
ROMANCING WITH EARTH
THE MAGICAL ROSE
SILVER
EAGLE
THE WINNING SHOT
...HER GRAMMA...
THE ROSE
SCHOOL IS STARTING
TOYS
THE SUN SO BRIGHT
METAMORPHOSIS
BODY
THE CHERRY CUPBOARD
REUNITED
LEFT WITHOUT
THOSE HANDS
LOVE'S COUNTRY PEEKABOO
PINK BLEEDS BLACK
DANCE OF DREAMS
LITTLE AUDREY
HER PRECIOUS ANGEL!
LET'S KEEP THE SOUL AND SPIRIT OF AMERICA
THE LOVES OF HER LIFE
ALPHA-BITS
ROMANCE IS ALIVE
DEAR HEIDI
THE FLOWER PETAL
HE MISSES YOU
FOUR CORNERS
"Pain cuts,"
AFTER THE STORM
ROCK
WILDFLOWERS
A WOODS ECLIPSED BY WINTER
A SEA SHELL...
SISTERS II
A YOUNG MAN'S HERITAGE
EATING SHOES
AUNTIE MAUDE
FAMILY TREE
HER FAVORITE ANGEL
LIFE
THE SLAVIC DREAM
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR
LIFE II
MISSING YOU, MOM
DEAR MOTHER EARTH
WHALE SONG
THE HUMAN SEARCH FOR MEANING
BROTHER
OLD THINGS
VINCENT'S 23RD DREAM
SYMPHONY #12 IN E MAJOR
WINTER CRYSTAL
LULLABY
COLOR OF A CHAMELEON
ARBOR SERENADE
MIND SET
MIXTURE OF TEARS
PONDERING
THAT OLD DOG
R.I.P.
APPREHENSIONS
GENOCIDE
AWAY
"Have you ever cried?"
KIND WORDS
TRUST
THE SINS OF SIMPSON
COMPOSURE
THE KING
WOODS' AND WATER'S PEACE
WILDFLOWER
FALL
FIREFLY
STORM'S ACOMIN'
FLOW CHICKAHOMINY
SLUMBERING GIANT
LADY LIBERTY REMEMBERS THE REASON
HER ANGEL ABOVE
ABOUT A NAME
LIFE III
HOPE
TWO STARS
A SYMBOL OF LOVE
THE TREE
HEAVY LIES THE RAIN
AN EVENING IN SOLITUDE
HARVEST COLORS
"A single red rose"
THE FLOWERS ARE SO BEAUTIFUL
AUTUMN ARRIVAL
AUTUMN'S BEAUTY
IN THE MIDST OF CONFUSION
SHE IS WOMAN
IF YOU COULD BE HER
GALAXY
DARKNESS' ART
MEMORIES
LONGING FOR SPRING
PHANTOM
TWILIGHT TIME
IT'S RAINING
"As he sits out by a pond he came to find,"
TO FIGHT A KING
AUCTION TIME
PRIMEVAL JOURNEY
LOST ROSE
HER TALE
BROODING LOVE
THE ART OF FORGETTING
LOSS