POEMS 1999
Introduction
THE BEGINNING
WHAT IF
HOW TO UNDERSTAND A GIRL
A LOST PEOPLE
FAITH
TO ALL LOVE'S CHILDREN
A NEW SONG FOR THE LORD LOVE & BLESSED MOTHER: BEAUTIFUL LOVE (TUNED TO THE SONG: BEAUTIFUL DREAMER)
CROSSROADS
SOARING
DEAR LOVE
A CHILD PICKS THE BEST (TO DANIEL AND REBECCA)
CHILD OF THE NIGHT
THE POTION
FOR JENNIE
ONLY SON
GAVIN, HER SON
INTO PEACEFUL SLEEP
ANGEL
THROUGH THE EYES OF SEVENTEEN
TO DADDY
HER AUNT
HER UNCLE
REFLECTION II
WHERE BIRDS GO TO DIE
DEATH II
NICHOLAS' STAR
AN INDIAN LYRIC
IN THE BEGINNING
THE PRIZE
THE LOVE THAT WILL NEVER LEAVE
WINTER OF HIS SOUL
ALWAYS THERE
BEFORE YOU CLOSE YOUR EYES
HER ANNIVERSARY COUPLE
COUNTRY ROMANCE
THE EYES OF A DREAMER
HER HEART
THIS KISS
HIS HEART HAS SPOKEN
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY
QUESTIONS WITHOUT ANSWERS:
THE JOB
HAPPY LIFE
TODAY AND TOMORROW
ON BEING FIFTY-FIVE
LIFE IV
OBSESSION
GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
LIFE/DEATH
WHAT TO FORGET
THE EVENING NEWS
FEELINGS OF LOVE
DREAMSCAPE
SHE LOVES YOU
TILL THE END
WHAT IS LOVE
LOVE THOUGHTS
MAKING GOOD ON HIS MISTAKE
DAYDREAMING
FRIDAY THE 13TH, 1999
BROKEN
DID YOU DRAW THE LINE
THE MISERY OF HER
HER WORLD IS SAD
SOMETIMES
AS SHE FLIES INTO THE SKY
WHEN YOU WERE BORN
MEMORIES OF LIL HOUSE
BROTHER II
WHAT'S THE BEST DRINK OF ALL?
SARA
THE JOYRIDE
TENDER
COUNTRY POOR HOUSE
A VISION OF LOVE
THE FOUNDATION OF LOVE
LOVE LOST
UNLOCKED
SEASON'S SYNTHESIS
VISIONS AND REFLECTIONS (ON AN AMERICAN CITY STREET)
THE GIRL WHO CAME BEFORE
BEHOLD A SIGHT
ANGER, RAGE HAS TO OVERCOME
REMEMBERING YOU
MAGESTIC WINGS
AT THIS VERY MOMENT
REMEMBER
LITTLE GIRL ACCUSED
GRANDMA'S TREASURES
WHAT MAKES A MOTHER?
FOR JARROD
BACK HOME
THE FATHER
SWEET BABY'S BREATH
SOUL SURVIVOR
WHO CARES?
WHY PUT HIM DOWN
HER
FRIENDS
A MOMENT TO BE QUIET IN
SECRET PATHS
WHEN WILL HE BE THERE
HIGHER, HIGHER, HIGHER
"Rivers Rivers Rivers cool cold"
BOROGO (THE BRIDGE)
DREAMS OF FALSE HOPE
THE OTHER "GIRL"...
APRIL SHOWERS
DADDY STOP THE CYCLE (THE FINAL FRIDAY)
BATTLE OF A TUG OF WAR
MARIA ALICIA
THE SAD CIRCLE
PAIN
LIFE'S LESSONS
DARKNESS
Y GENERATION X
"A boy awoke"
GLASS SLIPPERS
THE DANCE
A NEW SOUND MIND
CHANGE?
THIRD SHIFT WOES (TRIBULATIONS OF A YOUNG NURSE)
A VALENTINE TO HIS BRIDE
FEELINGS
THE AIR SHE BREATHES
LOVE UPON HER THRONE
THEIR LOVE
WASTE CANS
"Life is a song,"
OBSCENITY
REBUILDING BRIDGES
"But there was a window"
LIFE V
PASS IT ON
HE NEVER LOVED
"She is surrounded by people but she is alone"
THE BRUISED AND BATTERED CHILD...
DISILLUSIONMENT
BROKEN II
TEARS IN OKLAHOMA
FIREWORKS IN THE NIGHT
SUNSETS
SEPTEMBER GREEN
A ROSE AT MIDNIGHT
TWILIGHT
MOUNTAIN
IRELAND
LEAVING ZERO
SEEMINGLY UNRELATED THOUGHTS
LIFE'S BLESSINGS
RESPECT
"The colors of life seem to"
NIGHT THOUGHTS
ESCAPE
THE CHOICE
LOVERS
LOVE AND MARRIAGE
DARLING SHE LOVES YOU SO
ESPECIALLY FOR YOU
OTHER
WALKER BETWEEN THE WORLDS
HAPPINESS COMES WITH A KNOCK
LEST THEY FORGET
COME BACK
SHE WOULDN'T BE FAR
"Alone"
GOING HOME
TIRED
BLACKTOP RIVER
WHAT IS LOVE?
RELIEF
THE FIRE STILL BURNS
REALLY, HE MUST GO
TRUE MEANING
SHE THOUGHT ABOUT YOU
"How does she tell you"
READ HIM A STORY
TO HIS AUNT HELEN, WITH LOVE
MOM WILL
MOM
TINA, HER SISTER, HER FRIEND
A CHILD
CHANGE
LEAVING...
THE STAINED GLASS WINDOW
MILES TO GO
THE CITY
LIFE VI
HATE
THE DEAD OF THINGS
MISTAKEN LOVE
CHILD'S EYES
DELINQUENCY
TORN
APPROVED FOR PUBLICATION
MOM II
NAMING THEIR DAUGHTER
RETURNING HOME
ASKED IN INNOCENCE
AN EXCEPTIONAL TEACHER