Verbal
irrigation
streams
that rush and flow
Tributaries
far and wide
messages
in tow

Watering
the wasteland
Arid lulls
retreat
Freeing what
the silence hides
and reticence
— defeats

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Can a dreamer
be bigger
than the dream itself
a source of hope and pride

Can believers
be stronger
than love or hate
when circumstance denies

Can pilgrims
make choices
to keep the faith
when stranded in the wild

Can orphans
adopted
embrace a name
— that births tomorrow’s child

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Route 66

The death of the road
— the birth of a dream

(The New Room: April, 2025)


Live More

If you’re light
on experience
your writing will suffer

Like clay
to the sculptor
— or drummer to the band

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Old enough
to be your
Grandfather

Young enough
to be your
Friend

Wise enough
to see your
Greatness

Where time
and tide
— depend

(University City: April, 2025)

Let’s cut right through
the bombast ...
your camouflage of words
And redefine
the essence ...
of what you’ve never learned
Your double-talk
pontificates ...
to lure and to distract
Whose lies deride
wherein you hide ...
from what the truth exacts

(The New Room: February, 2025)

Betrothed
to the moment
Estranged from
the future
Present
to marry
All time
— an affaire

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Tempests of
inclemency
Cyclones filled
with pain
Tornadoes come
and go at will
With nothing
to remain

Caught inside
their whirlwind
Whose spin to wreak
and hurl
A demon vortex
roaming wild
Destruction
— to unfurl

(The New Room: April, 2025)