It’s not what
you’re called
But what
you answer to

Your true
voice inside
As questions
renew

It’s not what
you say
But what
you mean

Spoken in
whispers
The truth
— never screams

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

Festival Of San Fermin

Running the gamble
— living the dream

(Pamplona Spain: July, 1977)


‘Pathway To Hell ...”

Money is to promises
what bureaucracy is to care
Chasing lost indemnity
— uncertainty’s despair

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)


The Lost Garden

A bad seed
illy planted
Fallow
—and alone

(Denison Iowa, September, 1967)


Au Chante

The pathway
to happiness
Goes through
—the open heart

(Midway Airport: August, 2024)

Titling a poem
or naming a child

Which process harder
  the future beguiled

“A Rose Is A Rose ...”
till maybe it’s not

Called do they answer
— once dubbed and begot

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

Truth stays
naïve
As reality
profanes
The price of
fidelity
Unpaid
till inflamed

Truth often
hides
With its head
in the sand
Until forced
into play
A new crisis
— at hand

(The New Room: August, 2024)

Accounting
for madness
A conflict
in terms

The devils
own details
In secrets
unlearned

What stays
ill conflicted
Stays
misunderstood

No rhyme
and no reason
When bad
— trumps the good

(Dreamsleep: August, 2024)

Dying invested
dividend high
Selling tomorrow
presence to buy  

Feelings compounding
destiny’s rate
One final moment
— blessed in His Grace

(1st Book Of Prayers: August, 2024)

A man
can wear two faces
a woman
— often three

(Deamsleep: August, 2024)