I see 37 and 72 on license plates
Don't know if it means
Once I was a teacher
Read the Giver with the tweens

Snow on the ground today
Chili at the bar
Aliens above?
Exoplanet star!

Ordinary dailiness
To sleep perchance to dream
Poetry like basketball
I play for my team

                     Hoopin'!

I'm kinda California
More North than South
San Francisco Zen
Somethin' brave from your mouth

Moroccan mint tea
Lovely Japanese garden
Bob Dylan in Lake Tahoe
'Scuse me ma'am, beg your pardon

                          Sunlight!

Yo soy un isolato
Tryin' to break free
One foot upon the sand
Two hearts upon the sea

Maybe aliens
Maybe destiny
Taipei 101
Red Pine - xie xie ni

                    Si.

There's not much you can do about evil
That's what he said to me
But try to be like Zacchaeus
Dream of destiny

Rode the bus through town
My boys still quite young
Ate some licorice
Young sons sung

                       Kells!

I've seen the Asian rains
Rode the bullet trains
Never been to Heaven
Never been to Spain

I'm fond of dear Taipei
2 years there - xie xie
101 at night
Silent is the Way

                 Ole!

White snow
Black cop
    Mexico

Detroit's Fox Theater
       Winter Night
           Tom Joad

David Markson
         Joan
    Als Ick Kan

Small victories
Noble truths
    silence

............Dylan.........
  Jimmy Reed indeed
    Down in Virginia

Just a few days in London
A bit overwhelming
Didn't get the teaching job
In the pub alone at night

Carolina blue
Rainy Night in Georgia
Nashville with my brother
Charleston at the beach

Saw Blade Runner 2049 in Bangkok
Motorcycle taxis in the rain
Som Tam
Buddhamind in the temples

Lost in Translation
Charlotte: philosophy
More than this
Tokyo bullet train

                        Arigato, Rieko!

Up in the night
On my phone again
Quiet desperation
Exoplanet star!

London in the mist
Mozart Christmas Eve
Catch a flight to Dublin
Come Out Ye Black and Tans!

Charlotte was my dream
Kindly Indian neighbors
Got all green for Holi
Never saw a goddess go

Patience with myself
55 and falling
River Eden, Wetheral
Cambrian Cai - Aye! Aye! Aye!

More snow tonight
I sleep in peace
Modern Istanbul
More than Ancient Greece

Paul McCartney in Baltimore
Sting and the Police
A few poems, exoplanets
1 prayer for my niece

                    Sully!

Gratitude when peace comes
                  Patience
                   Silence

It had to be poetry
All those years of teaching
Taking down the notes
Hearing rhythmic sounds

I like the little way
Hidden, patiently waiting
Silent monasteries
3 dear deer

Lovely Susan Meek
La Florida, the Land of Flowers
When the crises come
Patience, please. Endurance.

A little lamplight rain
Seattle cedar snow
Korean hot *** dinner
Sleep, grateful sleep

                     So ...

My worst self, My best self
On the battleground
Patience, please patience
Both lost and found

Shakespeare in Staunton
And in Reno too
Spinning exoplanets
Pondicherry Zoo

Meditation halls
Made of wood and glass
Chapel of the Cross
Deer sleeping in the grass

San Francisco Zen
Moroccan mint tea
3710
In Dublin meant to be

            Si, senyorita. Si.

libraries y monasteries
               quiet
               focus

Korean hot *** for dinner
Really delicious
Get him home safely
Sadness hits like bricks

Together, troubled together
One peaceful night (please!)
Snow on the ground
3 sleeping sons

He's gonna be a driver
Freedom, fear, freedom
My boy is growing older
O ye protective spirits!

                  hope ...

I'm still fond of little Reno
Taught school there for 2 years
Coached a little basketball
Met a Turkish psychiatrist

Not too far from California
Tahoe in the winter
Truly, a beautiful sight
Then on to San Francisco

Taught Julius Caesar there
Dr. Cohen says it's a warning
Brutus even worse
The noble Romans all deluded

Not a teacher anymore
Disability
Washed a few dishes
Drive my son to work

                           Reno!

No one important
Days and nights all alone
All these little poems
Little black cell phone

              Roam Rome

David Markson
       Mexico
         Selah

David Markson
New York City
         Selah

Encounters with Chinese Hermits
                  emptiness
                   Red Pine

I drive him to work
Drive home at night
Carolina blue
Gatsby's green light

Please keep him going
Another day, Another day
Gratitude for sleep
Silent is the Way

              xie xie

Absurd
Camus
  JMU

Keep him close
He's gonna drive
Fear. Freedom. Fear.

Slowly guacamole
Year after year

          Aqui. Here.

It all fades away
Insubstantial as a dream
55 and falling
I hear the silent scream

         I miss my team

Americans are the kind of people
Who elect Donald Trump:

moronic, authoritarian, afraid of foreigners


                              Ignorant.

I'm not gonna win any awards
I sit in libraries alone
I am not a saint
I threw a Rolling Stone

Dr. Thomas was my teacher
Dr. O'Meara too
I majored in philosophy
Gracias JMU

         Susan Meek not Sue

I dreamed of Eliade again
Eliade and Einstein
Games people play
Things people find

        red, red wine

Fatherhood is what saves me
My so-called struggling life
55 and falling
Smile through the tears

Keep them moving forward
Crises, obligations
Slowly guacamole
Steady through the years


      Courage in the fears

2nd Noble Truth
Very true indeed
Ice and snow today
A pal's last need a thing to heed

2nd Noble Truth
Stare into the Fire
Just take care of Cam
George W. Liar

2nd Noble Truth
Yes, I know it well
Not the Dalai Lama
Call me Ishmael.

Weak resistance
Little steps
Much sleep
Take my meds

Call my sons
Say a prayer
Silent nights
Beware! Beware!

          Selah

3 street tacos
Maryland in snow
3 young sons
Hidey hidey hidey **!

Music, movies, books
Silent is the Way
Encounters with Chinese Hermits
Basketball to play

Susan Darlene Meek
Loveliness, it's true
Wavy black hair
Eyes of midnight blue

                JMU!

Ordinary life
Ordinary death
Such fragility!
Fragile as each breath

Grateful for my sons
Silent is the Way
Taipei 101
Mother Mary May

               xie xie

A little Chinese food
Won ton soup, white rice
South Side of Chicago
Oooo dat girl looked nice!

Tai Lung will return
Road of Destiny
Lovely Ms. Susan Meek
Please protect my 3

                   milk tea

Guernica
little flower
    hope

Thai food today
       iced tea
     dumplings

David Markson
   Als Ick Kan
        Selah

According to David Markson

Fatherhood. Daily life.
Get him through the hours
She broke my faithful heart
She gave me Hope for the Flowers

Florida. Sunshine.
A little Purple Rain
1987
Downbound Train

            Tray aya ayain!

the poetry is simple
just the little way
memory, place
gracias xie xie

one for my family
one I cannot say
one for desperate hope
Silent is the Way

I have wrinkles near my eyes now
55 years old
Young sons sung
Teach them to go bold

Very ordinary
Eating, drinking, sleep
55 and falling
Promises to keep

He drives home safely
             xie xie
                 ah!

My son is skiing today
       snow in the mountains
                         fun!

No one important
Amateur. Quite unknown.
I traveled in Israel
I threw a Rolling Stone

Time tick tocks
I sleep alone
All the old photos
How my boys have grown!

                   El futuro ...

No one important
Nights all alone
Springsteen fan
Rolling Stone

Father of 3
God Unknown
Baltic Sea
Honeymoon in Rome

             cell phone

I don't read so much anymore
Wanna be a writer
Un Escritor
Leave my words behind

                     Find?