At JMU
I took a class on Dante and Milton
The Divine Comedy
And Paradise Lost
The professor was a female Episcopal priest
I was too young for it
But I think it shows
An early attraction
To religious poetry:


They also serve who only stand and wait.

Dante. Rome. Selah.

No one important
Awake in the night
Un pequito Espanyol
Un pequito light

Thankful for my sons
Sor Juana's mystic flight
Taipei 101
My Mr. Spock kite

               Well, alright!

I'm tired. I'm lonely.
Awake in the night
A gazillion exoplanets
Courage in the Fright

55 and falling
Dawn goes down to day
Red Pine and the Daoists
Silent is the Way

.             xie xie

I like Irish pubs
Though I am not a drinker
I go there for the music
Come out ye black and tans!

In my solitude
I miss her very much
I know it's an illusion
I don't have any plans

                  Charlotte!

No one important
Drifting toward death
               Sigh...

Mexico. New York. Joan.