Friendship is better than silence
But oh so hard to find
In my solitude
I hope you treat me kind

In Dublin meant to be
In Bangkok Buddhamind
Beauty Baltic Sea
World of strange design

Misty rain today
Reminds me of Seattle
I write a little bit
Tecumseh goes to battle

Please my sleeping sons
Peaceful in the mist
Quiet libraries
******* times like this

                 Cosmic Seas!

I have despair
And I have 3 children
            hope!

not a saint
no life after death
fatherhood, gratitude
quiet, gentle breath

Desperately Seeking Susan
Desperate all the way
Give my love to her
More than I can say

Denver, Colorado
Rocky mountain higher
Washington D.C.
George W. Liar

                    Fire.

Tokyo to Kyoto
I ride the bullet train
Silently at night
Booming in my brain

Kamakura Buddha
All that lovely snow
See you at Sophia U.
Yoko yo yo yo yo!

Music, movies, books
A night of fearless sleep
Lunch with my son
Promises to keep

Snowfall shunyata
A little mountain mist
1987
Everlasting kiss

                   Ms.

Encounters with Chinese Hermits
The silence of the Tao
Red Pine's Road to Heaven
The Eternal Now

The mystery of the moon
The beauty of her face
Exoplanets spin
Aliens in space?

                        Chase.

There's not much you can do
About evil, he told me
But try to be like Zaccheaus

           Trying to free us

Irish sky was misty grey
Reno sky was blue
Take the train, Purple Rain
See you at Sophia U.

Encounters with Chinese Hermits
Silent is the Way
Red Pine in the mountains
Silently xie xie

                Yea, verily. Yea.

Tacos again
Lunch with my son
O ye Americans!
Please give up your guns

September When It Comes
Mr. Johnny Cash
Corpse to the fire
My body become ash

            Baltic Beauty!

I miss Seattle sometimes
Ferry boats greenblue
Ms. Wendy Towson
I still miss you

Mostly solitary
I drift, I drift toward death
Pain in my heart
Silence in my breath

Seattle has the misty rain
And the cedarsnow
Music at night at Kells
Hodee hodee hodee **!

Just an amateur poet
Amateur - one who loves
I like the little poems
I walk the little way

Gracias
Tak
Merci
Xie Xie

Sunday night despair
Emptiness within
Janey had a baby
Wasn't any sin

I still like Cathedrals
For instance, Spain and France
She and I in 86
I take her to the dance

I drift, I drift toward death
September When It Comes
Purple Rain
Rattle and Hum

My sons are growing older
Gotta see them through
My Irish eyes are green
But I'm Carolina blue

                        Y tu?

Hawaiian pizza
Text my oldest son
Study, study, study
Pero un pequito fun

I yearn to Escape America
Get on that ferry boat and ride
Find the other shore
Gratitude inside

                 George W. Lied

Vulnerable, she called me
Which I suppose is true
Her beautiful hair
Summer 2022

Ancient Greece
Death as Night
Sor Juana in Mexico
Mystic flight

               Ole!

Depressive. Tired. Struggling.

Manic depression
Hard to live
Exoplanets
Love to give
Often tired
Holy Ghost
Exoplanets
Cosmic Coast

           Ole!

Saw my son today.
Gracias xie xie.
          Forward!

Tired. Aging. Sad.

Me 2!

Miso soup for lunch
And a cucumber roll
Long live Japan!
Midnight's broken toll

My son went to school today
I hope he is getting better
Wendy Rebecca Towson
I just can't forget her

                      Ole!

Buddhamind in Bangkok
        Motorcycle taxis
               Humidity
                    Rain

Said Crazy Horse
(Who was sane, of course)

Ireland was music in the pubs
Bus ride through town
Trinity College, Dublin
O the cap and gown!

Misty grey the sky
Grateful for my time
Quaint was Malahide
With my sons now I'm ...

                    Forward!

Meaninglessness. Isolation. Desperation.

It doesn't work out right
Things fall apart
I like Dash Incredible
Save me, sacred art!

The last discovery is brown
Give Alex my best
Ride that Tucson Train
Before I take my rest

                      Yes.

Seattle ferry boats
Moroccan mint tea
                Oui.

My son slept till 1:30
My boy is very tired
Keep him, keep him on the mend
Comforted, inspired

Ordinary Frederick
See me on the drive
Low level depression
But grateful to be alive

                    I've ...

Ordinary Frederick
Driving through my days
Stop for some food
This life is a Maze

My son is feeling better
Gratitude am I
Ordinary Frederick
Exoplanet sky

           Aye! Aye! Aye!

Kind of like a diary
My little life in rhyme
Mostly ordinary
But Seattle is sublime

All the King's Men
Fondly JMU
Fondly Susan Meek
Hair of black, eyes of blue

               It's true.

Hotel breakfast
Just a few people
       Shunyata

Picasso's Guernica
Poster in my home
7 Spanish angels
Honeymoon in Rome

Paris for one week
Vienna for three days
Snow all around
It lingers and it stays

                xie xie

I'll die and be forgotten
But hey now I did live
A little poetry
Is what I got to give

Fatherhood is gratitude
And worry, relentless worry
Shelter from the storm
Protect them from the fury

                      Amen

No one important
Alone in a hotel tonight
All the King's Men
Volleyball delights

Tired. Exoplanets!
Sor Juana's mystic flight
Will I die in pain?
Puzzling our plight

                 Insight.

Friendship is better than solitude
But oh so hard to find
I like reading poetry
I hope you treat me kind

The silence is eternal
In Bangkok Buddhamind
La Florida the Land of Flowers
World of strange design

Women are more interesting than men
And they have better hair
Plus, they are good at volleyball
But marriage - alas, nightmare!

I like quiet libraries
County fair! County fair!
Does anybody know?
Does anybody care?

If she were here this evening
We would strip and stare
But she's not. Camelot.
Arthur's deeds to dare

              Sonnet 130. Rare.

In my solitude
Lonesome as I age
This is Not a Novel
David Markson is a sage

Susan Darlene Meek
Gentle, patient, true
In my solitude
I give my heart to you

           I truly do.

The divorce of power and value
           All the King's Men
                     JMU

Little hotel room
   passing traffic
           quiet

........the torment..........
Talking to myself again
            patience

Spanish in the background
The majesty of Madrid
She and I, Life of Pi
She is surely hid

The Fall weather is lovely
See you in September
3 books today
Including City of Ember

                I remember.

The ordinary, not the Sublime
             Just a little time
                    Maryland

When you speak of boundaries
Said Tecumseh the Shawnee
The Great Spirit respects no boundaries
So neither then will we

In gratitude for rest
Peaceful solitude
Forever fantasy
Susan in the ****

In gratitude for rest
Quiet in the night
Keep my children company
Loving little light

               mystic flight

Not very good at friendship
        Lonely as the rain
        La Mancha, Spain

Troubled Soul
      Patience
    Endurance