Not doing very well tonight
At the edge of panicky scared
Slowly. Slowly. Patience.
Courage, please. Calm.

                   Balm.

grateful for their voices
my darling, darling sons
a little studying
un pequito fun

tired. exoplanets.
Taipei 101
some good thing to do
before my Day is Done

               Voices!

The Buddha sits in silence
Knowing, quietly knowing
All things pass away
Snowfall shunyata

                     Ah!

my lonely little life
insignificant I know
Bangkok in the rain
Reno in the snow

called my son today
yoko yo yo yo yo!
my son callooh! callay!
on and on we go

the insignificance of everything
                    patience
                       slow

How did politics get so bad?
Demagogue in the Night
The Americans are corrupt
We need a little light

Maybe Reno, Nevada
Could offer some insight
Biggest little city
Big blue sky for flight

The incredible quiet joy of fatherhood
See how they grow!
Cycling by the Baltic Sea
Sledding in Reno snow

Please keep them safe
College soon for Q
Moving forward, Moving forward
Doo wah diddy do

The conservatives are all racists
Though some of them don't know it
When I woke up from my dream
I tried to be a poet

Denver, Colorado
She sleeps in the night
Rome, Vienna, Dublin
Gatsby's green light

I probably wished to be important
It's a good thing I am not
3 prayers for Ry
3 prayers for Scott

I'm tired. Exoplanets.
California snow
Never see her again
Nevermore to know

                   So ...

Black smoke in the Reno sky
Mesmerized, I drive
My life as one long illness
But grateful to be alive

3 growing sons
I pray they truly thrive
Frederick, Maryland
Ordinary. I've ...

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
Either.

Sincerely,

Todd
:)

Let us not think of death today
Just live my lonely life
Talk with my sons
Eat, drink, be merry

Irish mist
Irish coffee
Irish music
Irish fairies

I'd like to die well
But I don't know what that means
Once I was a teacher
Read books to the tweens

I like City of Ember
Long live Lina and Doon!
55 and falling
Death is coming soon?

So good to hear his voice
Yes, my beloved son
Born in yon Taiwan
Near Taipei 101

Keep him right on track
Un pequito fun
Moving, moving ahead
Baby, Born to Run.

My poetry is simple
Rhyme, alliteration
I'm quiet in the night
Silent meditation

Trump is the USA
Racist to the bone
Not much I can do
Yes, I sleep alone

My son called me today
So good to hear his voice
William James, Charles Pierce
George Santayana, Josiah Royce

Would I study philosophy again?
Probably not. No.
Seattle's misty rain
Vienna in the snow

                  Solamente Yo.

Shakespeare in Staunton
Exit 222
Dr. Cohen gives a lecture
Julius Caesar comes to life

Staunton all in snow
I drive into the darkness
DC in the distance
Tryin' to make it home

                    Rome!

Hair-handed monks
I still like the quiet
In my solitude
She remains out of reach

Dublin
London
Vienna
Satellite Beach

Oxford twilight, dreaming spires
      Ancient things, friends and fires
             Gandalf the White still suspires

The poetry of place
The presence of the names
Aliens in space?
To play the language games

3:24
I'm up in the night
Poe in Baltimore
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Thank you, Dr. Frenkel
You did truly care
Once I broke my ankle
But the cast did repair

That was back in high school
1985
King Lear is a fool
I am still alive

                        Forward!

I've got my obsessions
Or maybe they've got me
Once we went cycling
By the Baltic Sea

No good without the girl
Therefore, woe is me
One for Toledo, Ohio
3333

                       We.

Viva David Markson!
What a writer! What a write!
Toiling all alone
New York City night

How beautiful is yellow
Abgescheidenheit
Viva Mexico!
Sor Juana's mystic flight

                Well, alright!

I don't think there's any life after death
I'm afraid of oblivion
To be forever forgotten
Why, Judi, Why?

I'm 55 now
How much more to go?
Alien encampments
Exoplanet sky

         Some good thing before I die ...

I've been in therapy several times
I suppose it was good to talk
Christian listened well
But then I had to go

Bangkok rain
Japanese train
Irish mist
Reno snow

                       Yo espero.

Oblivion is so scary
No memory at all
Took the train from London
River Eden, Wetheral

He says that poets
Find oblivion mostly kind
Alone in the Chungnan Mountains
In Bangkok Buddhamind

                       I'm ...

I think Mohammed was bipolar
Rabbi Nahman too
A Minority Report
Among mostly rational Jews

Wish I was a shaman
Protection for my people
Out in the desert
Far from the steeple

                    Dreams and Visions ....

Said Wayne Gretzky

It doesn't all work out right in the end
Just the good day bad day blues
Try to write some poetry
Best to avoid the news

1 prayer for Chicago
Got my walkin' shoes
Thank you, Father Greeley
God bless your clues

                        Ole!

Continue to be patient
And trust your journey.

Not salvation. Dailiness.
Still learning after all
Took the train from London
River Eden, Wetheral

Mexican food for lunch
A little afternoon rest
Try to call my son
Qualyxian the Quest

Small victories
Carolina blue
Rothko's TV sets
Susan Meek not Sue

              2072

Tel Aviv was blue
Jerusalem was brown
Flight to Vienna
When Love Comes to Town

Vienna was the snow
Beautiful and white
St. Stephansdom cathedral
Abgescheidenheit

Back to DC
Soon to yon Taiwan
I hope I travel again
The Road goes ever on ...

The Buddha sits in silence
Emptiness. Compassion.
I eat a little Thai food
Frederick, Maryland

Teach my son to drive
Try to keep him safe
Needs a lot of practice
Practice be our friend

The library is quiet
Lots of wood and glass
Postcards in the mail
Silently I send

          But to what end?

In Ireland I ate licorice
Rode the bus through town
The sky was misty grey
Then I was off like a prom gown

Seattle too is misty grey
Me alone at Kells
My boys and I move forward
We are the Witherells!

I wonder how she sees me now?
Ain't no tongue can tell
I'll never see her again
But I still wish her well

                         Wendy!

I'm not a saint
I'm really not
The world, the flesh, and the Devil

Worry for
My brother Scott
Time keeps ticking away

Some good thing
Before I'm not
Something simply Thai

I want to do
Something good
Before my time to die

            Aye! Aye! Aye!

Didn't do too well in Chicago
But I wish the city the best
Fr. Greeley so unique!
Now I'm 55 - in need of rest

                Qualyxian Quest

.....small victories.....
oblivion mostly kind
         Shakyamuni

Life is hard, is suffering
Try to make it through
My Irish eyes are green
But I'm Carolina blue

               Are you?

Yes, Fr. Tracy

La Florida. California.
Hablo Espanyol
Pero solamente un pequito
A little rock n' roll

Chinese food tonight
Classic milk tea
Quiet in my house
Quiet. Xie xie ni.

                   Si.

All the hard things I found out
Things fall apart
Save me from my weakest self
Save me, sacred art

Ordinary dailiness
Phone calls to my sons
Ordinary dailiness
Un pequito fun

           Please give up your guns.

........Bangkok........
Motorcycle taxis
   Krop Kun Kop

Purple Rain
Darling Nikki
Prince4Ever

I liked the teaching
But I was kinda boring
Still
Tried to do my best

Fantasies
Susan Meek
Carolina Inn
Her hair upon my chest

                  Undressed.

In Bangkok Buddhamind
Plus torrential rain
Never been to Heaven
Never been to Spain

Talked to my son today
Life itself is pain
Keep him, Keep him close
I'm alone again

Politics is so ugly
Justified by religion
The human animal, The human animal
Terror in the night

Mr. David Markson
Alone in New York City
Author. Reader. Writer.
Sor Juana's mystic flight

A little Chinese food
I stay inside and sleep
Tired. Lonely. Bored.
Looking for the light.

I am an amateur poet
Which is to say, one who loves
Lonely in the night
It all just slips away

In my solitude
Please endurance, courage
All the way to the end
Gracias, xie xie

To find oblivion mostly kind
      Bangkok Buddhamind
         Snowfall Shunyata

the yearning
  emptiness
      sorrow

Will I travel again?
I have hardly any money
Ben Shapiro is a racist
Steve Martin is funny

Hagia Sophia
Quiet in the night
Maybe one day
Gatsby's green light

          mystic flight

the transience of everything
             one life only
               fade away