Dark and troubled side of life
                the Abyss
                 patience

Dublin misty grey
Bus through town
            Merci

I'm fond of little Reno
Fond of Sage Ridge School
Cordelia truly noble
Harold Bloom a fool

I taught Julius Caesar
Coached some basketball
Tahoe in the winter
Tahoe in the Fall

           River Eden, Wetheral

San Francisco Zen Center
            Just one hour
                   Silence

Memories of Seattle
    Grey and Green
            Water!

Relentless strife
Sound and fury
Crazy wife
No need to hurry

Amidst the pain
Un pequito hope
Purple Rain
Francis Pope

I wait. I wait.
Let it be
All things pass
Xie xie ni

           Si.

Kells in Seattle
    misty rain
         song

relentless Strife
          quiet
          sleep

.......Reno snow.......
   Young sons sung
           Sledding!

No one important
Poems in the night
Drifting. Growing older.
Gatsby's green light

Things will just end
Won't work out right
Corpse to the Fire
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Tired. Exoplanets!
Puzzled by our plight
Lunch at China Ocean
Abgescheidenheit

The death of Pope Francis
May he rest in peace
Modern Istanbul
More than Ancient Greece

Sunlit Italy
Honeymoon in Siena
Rainy Dublin night
Snowfall in Vienna

My son is growing older
Friday is the prom
24 years later
Still miss my mom

Sunlit Italy
The cardinals come to Rome
Kyoto to Tokyo
One night in Rieko's home

                   Grazie!

I am a taxi service
Which is ok by me
Keep him moving forward
Forward. Xie xie ni.

Once I was in Stockholm
Beauty Baltic Sea
Dailiness, O Life.
Purpose for my 3

                   We

One day I'll disappear
Find me already gone
Whisper in your ear
Surely, She's the One!

Hold my loved ones dear
Gentle steps ahead
Courage in the fear
Soon I will be dead

                      Ole!

my boys are growing older
I drift toward the end
the silence is eternal
silence be my friend

some good things for them
souped up 72
European cities
Carolina blue

                  New!

no one important
     fatherhood
           hope!

There is no life after death
Is there life before?
Two gentlemen of Verona
One ******* in Elsinore

Seattle rain, Reno snow
Inner Harbor, Baltimore
Some good thing, Some thing that sings
4044

                               Or ...

1 horrific marriage
3 beautiful sons
O ye Americans!
Please give up your guns

Play a little basketball
Un pequito fun
Twilight fades to darkness
Now the Day is Done.

Sleeping in the afternoon
Phone call to Q
Maybe Virginia Tech
Southern sky of blue

Phone calls, memories
2072
Magic the Gathering
Some good thing for you

                  'tis true

I wake my sleeping son
Comes another day
Keep him, keep him close
So many fears, such desperate hope

                        Slowly.

Grey day blues
  Maybe rain
  Surely pain

My son he watches movies
We play basketball
Keep him to me close
Companionship is all

Lonely as the rain
Drifting toward the end
Depression does return
Silence be my friend

                   Ole!

Drifting
Exoplanets!
     Sleep

Rick Steves in Italy
Me in Copenhagen
Small window light
Soren Kierkegaard

Camus at JMU
I encounter the Absurd
O those French cathedrals!
Without you, life is hard

                Go Dukes!

I'm tired. Exoplanets!
Can't find words to pray
Small victories
Dawn goes down to day

The movie was quite moving
Gracias xie xie
Silence in the afternoon
Silent is the Way

             Yea, verily. Yea.

I wanted to be a poet
Find some words that rhyme
Feeling 55
The ravages of time

Keep him to me close
Dailiness not the Sublime
To sleep perchance to dream
He and I and I'm ....

I liked the traveling
Honeymoon in Rome
Temples at Angkor Wat
Very far from home

Stockholm for the summer
Rode the Dublin bus
When my father dies
What will become of us?

                     Trust?

Slowly. Calmly. With Patience.

Dawn goes down to day
               Slowly
                  Sigh

Not much goin' on
Any old kinda day
Walkin' through the mall
Can't find words to pray

Please forward for my sons
Slowly is ok
Small victories
Gracias xie xie

                       Ole!

I drift, I drift along
Lonely as the rain
Man of Constant Sorrow
Man of La Mancha, Spain

Tokyo to Kyoto
I ride the bullet train
Yes Portland, Oregon
Never Portland, Maine

                    Ole!

Purple for my Q
Purple once more for me
A couple months in Dublin
Beauty Baltic Sea

Stepping around Fate
Into Destiny
Q alo alou
Oldest of my 3

                  We.

A little early to pick him up
Any old kinda day
Milk tea for lunch
Gracias xie xie

Just drive my car
Can't find words to pray
So much solitary
Silent is the way

Crossing the Baltic
Young sons sung
     Trappist 1!

Rick Steves in Italy
Me in snowy Vienna
London Christmas Eve
Honeymoon in Siena

Stockholm for one summer
Dublin bus through town
Wedding in Tel Aviv
Off like a prom gown

                    Ole!

Listening to Johnny Cash
Singing A Boy Named Sue
My Irish eyes are green
But I'm Carolina blue

Break My Rusty Cage
Souped up 72
European history
Ever ancient, Ever new

Ghost Riders in the Sky
Maybe Seattle U.
Als Ick Kan
The best that I can do


              'tis true

Tired. Tired. Lonely
Boredinary days
Get my son from school
Basketball he plays

Gently falls the rain
Grey day blues the sky
Some good thing to do
Before my time to die

            Aye! Aye! Aye!

Gentle rain today
A little basketball
Donald J. Trump
Bound to Fall! Bound to Fall!

Get my son from school
Let him drive awhile
Quietly at home
The Buddha's gentle smile

Forward. Step by song.
Grateful for dailiness
A night of fearless sleep
Slowly. Slowly. Yes.

                    Yes

Crossing the Baltic
Young sons sung
    Exoplanets!

Frederick, Maryland is ordinary
I teach my son to drive
We live together now
Feeling 55

In gratitude for dailiness
Get him safe to school
Cordelia is truly noble
King Lear is a fool

Softly the rain this morning
Carolina blue and green
I like City of Ember
The Giver and Things Not Seen

Frederick, Maryland is ordinary
Good things for my sons
Visit your library
Please give up your guns

                      Markson!

The little way is lonely
The little way is calm
Snowfall in Vienna
In Gilead the balm

Grateful for my son
Keep him going strong
Maybe GMU
Mr. Harry Wong

                   Ole!

Vienna all in snow
St. Stephansdom above
Me solo below

                Watching.

My son and his friends
Play a little ball
I took the train from London
River Eden, Wetheral

My place is cleaner today
A night of fearless sleep
He keeps me company
Promises to keep

                    To keep.

Gratitude for dailiness
Eating, drinking, rest
Snowfall shunyata
Qualyxian the Quest

Als Ick Kan
Try to do my best
Slowly. Day by day.
Yes. No. No. Yes.

                 Yes.

Thai food today
My son, he does drive
Highway to Hell
Feeling 55

Grateful for small victories
Suffering, but still alive
Keep him moving ahead
Quietly to thrive

                      Amen.

Vienna in the snow
        solo photo
               Yo

No one important
Drift toward death
        fatherhood

Sledding in Reno
Young sons sung
           Snow!

The United States is racist hate
See how they run
Call me Ishmael
Please give up your guns

Basketball is comforting
Un pequito fun
Vietnamese food today
With my second son

                     Ole!

I can't relax
Torment comes and goes
Keep my sons safe
O those Reno snows!

Gotta clean my car
Got my son to school
Cordelia is nobility
Harold Bloom a fool

            Staunton!