POEMS 2006
THE DESERT
"These are the lives they lead today"
FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER
MSS UNFINISHED...
THE REDS OF DAWN
THE FADING FLORIDA TOMATO FIELDS
MOMENTS OF VARESSA
HAIKU
EQUINE PICTOGRAPHS
THE ARIZONA DESERT
IN THE DESERT
"Each life a circumstance, each day of reckoning."
"An apocalyptic dream,"
SPIDER
NERVOUS
SOMEDAY--NEVER
IN PARADISUM
"Coffee stains on"
CRADLESONG OF DAWN
"One melting into the other, on the bus"
ELEGY (IN BLUE) FOR MOTHER
DESOLATION
BEETLES CRAWLING OVER WOOD CHIPS
THE NEXT MORNING
RAINING AND RUNNING
ARIATA
HER BLUEJAY
CONTENTMENT, THAT FADED MELODY
BLACK LIKE HER
FEMINITY
JUST OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEA (A BOOK REPORT ON GOODBYE VIETNAM BY GLORIA WHELAN)
THREE WOMEN ON A BEACH (FOR EDITH, MARGRET, ROSETTA ON MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA)
THEIR SHIP AT SEA
GEORGIANNA LAID TO REST
HUSH, YOUTH!
MATTER OF RECORD
CLOUD WALTZER
FOR FRANCES
GOWN OF LACE
SOMEDAY II
THE CRY OF THE MOOR
SNOWDUST
HORSES IN THE NIGHT
NINE HOURS OF LIGHT
REMEMBER WHEN (TO THE WALKING SET.)
THING OF BEAUTY
LIQUID PARADISE
"Beaded, shimmering"
"'Possum moon--"
SPRING SUNSET
UNDERGROUND
FREIGHT TRAINS
RECYCLING WORKSHOP POEMS (AFTER THE FLOOD)
LAST CHANCE
AN INVISIBLE WARRIOR
ECLIPSE
THE JOURNEY
LONELINESS II
THOUGHTS
THE POWER OF WORDS
NO TRAYS ON THANKSGIVING DAYS!
INNER BEAUTY
HER III
SILENT VIGIL
THE MAN I DIDN'T KNOW
"Black Man"
SHE IS AN AFRICAN QUEEN
AN APOLOGY
SUNDAY KIND OF GUY
THE HERO
UNFORGIVEN
THE TRUE: WIFE
JOURNEY
IBID
MEMO FROM DAD
NEVER EVER SAY GOOD NIGHT
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT
JUDGEMENT DAY
MODERN TRAGEDY
A BROKEN MOMENT
GRUDGE BURIAL
"This"
MORNING YOU
THINGS WORK OUT FOR THE BEST
A RADIANT SHIMMER
QUERY
THEY BE...
COUNTRY MUSIC MAN
FAR AWAY
DOORS
"His mentality is madness now"
WHO ARE YOU PASSER-BY?
FADING
SOUL SEARCH
CIRCLE
TO BOLDLY GO
RICHES
HER WISHING STAR
HANDS OF A TEACHER
SEASHORE OF SAFETY
NO LONGER
BOSNIA'S CHILD
WHAT WAS SHE THINKING OF...
THE FROWN
QUIET RAINDROP
PHARMOCOMANIACAL
BUD GIRL IN SCHOOL
COURTNEY FAYE
MOTHERHOOD
THE PHOTOGRAPH
RIGHTS OF PASSAGE
THE TRUE: HUSBAND
HER FAVORITE CHRISTMAS FACE
AND DADDIES LOVE THEIR LITTLE GIRLS
A NEW BUNDLE OF JOY
SHE IS II
SHE'S GOING TO BE A GRANDMA!
DEAR MAMA
DESERT EVENINGSONG
GENERALIC CH'I
REALITY
BUSY BEES
THE LULL OF INDIAN SUMMER
PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTY
WINDOWS
UNIVERSE
PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM
THE REALITY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM
"Thank you for the gesture, thank you for the time,"
SHE SEES
SARAH THERE ARE ANGELS EVERYWHERE
"Your angel"
THE LORD CALLS THEM
ANGEL'S TEARS
OH JOYOUS MORN
LOVE LIVES
LOVE'S PEOPLE
EXPERIENCE
AN ANGEL
HEAVEN'S ANGEL
AN ANGEL II
PAN
REVERENCE
THE FLAME
KALEIDOSCOPE
FLOWERS II
THE ACORN DELUGE
MORNING ROSE
WIND II
WINTER'S A COMIN'
WIND III
ONE JOURNEY
HER VISIONS
HIS WORST NIGHTMARE
DAYDREAMING II
JUST HER
"She has a whirlwind in her head"
FIRESIDE
THE CANDLE
CANDLE II
YOUNG MAN RIVER
HER WOODS
THE SNOWPEELER
CAN'T COMPREHEND
JUST FOR THE NIGHT
"Gloomy Home of Disbelief,"
TELL HER WHY?
COLORS OF A RAINBOW
THE SADDLE
MOON MERCHANT
LADY BUTTERFLY
MYSTERY OF MEDICINE WHEEL
CATCH A DREAM
THE FORGOTTEN MAN
THE HOUSE THEY SHARED
PEACE WITHIN
LIFE WITHOUT YOU
"The hour of his demise is near"
SHE DIDN'T LEAVE YOU
BAY WINDS
WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU
HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE
SEPARATION
LOVE WILL FIND A WAY
SERENDIPITY
A SUMMER DREAM
HE STOOD BESIDE THE BED
THE RIDDLE OF THE RIDDLER
WHEN II
THIS SHIP CALLED SANITY
THE BEST OF FRIENDS:
HISTORY II
RECKONING FROM FENCE TO FENCE
FRIENDS VI
HIS BEST FRIEND
FOR BONNIE
GETTING UP IN THE MORNING
TIME'S ENEMY
ABSENT