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