Category Archives: Poems

I Believe (For Every Drop Of Rain That Falls)

I believe for every drop of rain that falls, a flower grows. I believe that [...]

THE POET – THE POEM

I am not that image in the glass where time has tamed my skin to [...]

GRANPA JOE

Did they tear you trembling from the only home you’d ever known did she hold [...]

THE LOVE ACHE

~For Don always It isn’t who you are exactly or the way your lips form [...]

AN ODE TO MY MOTHER!

Oh, what exquisite comfort, That I feel with no pain! Like the pleasant sound of [...]

a consequence of lavender

By my hand the tiny ants were disinterred to Death; a consequence of lavender plants [...]

IN THE QUIET OF THE NIGHT

I touch the texture of darkness and find it smooth     slipping through my fingers     like [...]

SEEDS OF THE HEART

Seeds are planted in the light    buried deep within a rich and welcoming soil     nourished [...]

DO NOT GO GENTLE INTO THJAT GOOD NIGHT

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at [...]

rain beyond the hunger

dry dirt, empty bellies make simple mulch of aspiration: rain for thirsty soil for hungry [...]