Reading of Notre Dame
The cathedral is restored
Paris on my honeymoon
Walking the City of Light

Maryland is boring
Ordinary days
Vegetarian tacos
Waking in the night

Chinese food yesterday
A little won ton soup
Encounters with Daoist Hermits
A little Dragonflight

Christmas gifts for my sons
Taipei 101
Springsteen's She's the One
3000? Outta Sight.

European history
Trains across the night
Mexican fajitas
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Tucson, Arizona
Give Alex my best
Some good thing to do
Before I take my rest

       Something blessed

Life is isolation
I reach out but do not reach
Long, long ago
Dear Satellite Beach

In my solitude
I no longer teach
A little sugar free tea
The flavor, indeed, is peach

If I could
I'd write a saving poem
Comfort her panicked mind

But life goes on until it doesn't
I hope you treat me kind

I'm tired, solitary
In Bangkok Buddha signs

Desperate desperation
The cruelty of time!

Fr. Greeley was really unique
Novelist, sociologist, columnist
Never seen another priest like him
Chicago. Tough Chicago.

I can't believe in life after death
But I remember Fr. Greeley
Beggar Girl of St. Germain
Juliet not Iago

                      hope!

Desafortunadamente
My favorite Spanish word
Coastal California
Just a bit Absurd

Tidal pools in Monterrey
My boys still so young!
Steinbeck. Aquarium.
Young sons sung

              Sung!

I'm grateful I got to live in Ireland
Rode the Dublin bus
My son and I and basketball
Just the two of us

I'm afraid I'll die alone
Abandoned and forsaken
Please courage at the end
For the road not taken

Wish I was a rebel
But I'm just a geek
Wish for just one kiss
With lovely Susan Meek

                     Ah!