That was a scary dream
Threatening extinction
Grateful to wake up
Grateful for my boys

Astrobiology
Extrasolar Liquid Water
Exoplanets
Joyful noise

                    Nitnoy.

Got off work a little early
See my sleeping son
Un pequito Espanyol
Un pequito fun

Grey and cloudy day
Sometimes a little rain
Fatherhood is gratitude
In this life of pain

             Can't explain

Flight from Jerusalem to Vienna
St. Stephansdom above
Me solo below:

Hot chocolate, bookshop, snow.


Yes, Dr. Freud: to love and to work.

Fatherhood is gratitude
See how they grow
Frederick, Maryland
A little Reno snow

Thai food for dinner
Driving in the rain
Sleep, grateful sleep
Man of La Mancha, Spain

                      Ole!

Graduation night
Young sons sung
            Tak

My son does graduate
Now we look ahead
Keep him moving forward
Courage in the Dread

Soon he's off to Europe
Prague and Budapest
Then Virginia Tech
Leave the little nest

                   Quest!

Strange and curious dreams
Do I pass the test?
Boring daily life
Qualyxian the Quest

Live my dailiness
Try to be a dad
A little basketball
Sweet Sir Galahad

Today is graduation
Stop and look ahead
Some good thing to do
Before I too am dead

                Thailand!

Call my brother Ry
Miss my brother Scott
Very far from home
Temples at Angkor Wat

My son does graduate
Thai food tomorrow night
High hopes for his future
Future taking flight

                 Forward!

Crossing the Baltic
young sons sung
         Trappist1!

Seattle ferry boat blue
New York City night
Susan Meek not Sue
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Fatherhood is gratitude
Please, Life, protect my sons
Extrasolar attitude
Taipei 101

                  Astrobiology!

I've missed her for so long
It doesn't matter anymore
The water in Seattle
Inner Harbor, Baltimore

Got him home from school
Basketball tonight
I grow slowly older
Gatsby's green light

Women are the mystery
I don't understand
European history
In Oakland the E Street Band

Vienna all in snow
Siena all in sun
Land of Hope and Dreams
Surely She's the One!

Maybe.
Mostly.

Struggle with myself
Disappointment, strife, pain
Escape in the night
Midnight bullet train

California Coast
San Francisco Zen
Give up the Holy Ghost
Cosmic seas? Muy Bien.

                  And then?

Got him to school today
Just a few minutes late
Calling on destiny
Destiny not Fate

He's gonna watch basketball
Out to eat with his friends
Religion is unbelievable
Politics portends

Keep him near and dear
A night of fearless sleep
A little summer rain
Promises to keep

                     El futuro ...

Wish I was a shaman
Flying on my drum
Singing in the rain
Signal with my thumb

But I'm just bipolar
Injections, medicine
Dr. Thomas was my teacher
Thomas means the Twin

This life is rain on pain
But I'm grateful for my boys
Maybe one day Bangkok
Buddhamind? Nitnoy.

Will I die alone?
Will I die in snow?
Will I die at night?
Will I Overthrow?

                       Yo espero.

I know I'm gonna die
Don't know when or where or why
Exoplanet sky
Something truly Thai

              Aye! Aye! Aye!

Shamans in the mountains
Korean food at home
Latin on the inscription
Evidence of Rome

Summer comes again
Thunderstorm and rain
Quietly at night
This life of strife and pain

Nobody important
Poems on the run
The American Abyss
Please give up your guns

******* times like this
I drift, I drift toward death
Does she understand?
Silently my breath

                Cosmic Seas!

Chicago, New York, DC
But I'll take Seattle
Seattle quietly

                3033

I had theological hopes
But sinful proclivities
Now I just grow older
Please, baby, please

Took a train from London
River Eden, Wetheral
Been to San Antonio
All Walls Fall

I like those Chinese hermits
Mountains in the mist
Wendy Rebecca Towson
Everlasting kiss

Saw the Chicago snow
Seattle misty rain
Daytrip to Kyoto
Speeding bullet train

          Tray aya ayain!

Small victories
Try to resist myself
City of Ember
Legolas the Elf

Small victories
Try to do my best
Fatherhood
Qualyxian Quest

             Yes.

Haven't been to China
Unless you count Hong Kong
But I like Chinese food
And Mr. Harry Wong

Rain again today
Ocean going green
City of Ember remembers
So does Things Not Seen

                   Hermits!

My oldest son is about to graduate
College comes a-calling
Take it easy, Take it slow
Sweetly Seattle snowfalling

My son plays Magic
Live that fantasy
Ordinary dailiness
Please protect my 3

                     We.

No one important
Suffering is caused by desire
My grandparents' house in Toledo
I stare into the fire

Rainfall today
He sleeps late, misses school
One Ring to find them
One Ring to rule

I'm tired. Exoplanets!
Let him sleep in peace
Pythagoras of Samos
Philosopher of Greece

                     Release!

37 on license plates
Also 72
Dr. William Thomas
Me at JMU

Softer than the rain
Susan's eyes are midnight blue
Her voice gentle on my pain
Do you parlez vous?

                    Adieux.

I like the Asian soups
I waken a little early
Gotta get him there
School for my son

Tokyo
Kyoto
Hong Kong
Taipei 101

I dreamed I was the successor
To the Dalai Lama
He asked me many questions
I had to tell my dad

No to crack *******
Yes to Burmese people
Thunder on the Mountain
Sweet Sir Galahad

Get him to and from school
Slowly through the days
Shamans in the mountains
Smoke and mist and haze

Fire in the sky
Skyline ablaze
So many doomed to die
Baby, I'm amazed


                       Up!

Such soul sorrow
Emptiness. Depression.
Try to carry on
Be the best dad I can

Keep them safe
Un pequito happiness
Moving forward
Rockin' band

               And ...

Can't get no traction
Can't find no relief
I keep spinning my wheels
Round and round I go

I miss my mother still
24 years of grief
Silent in the night
Holy Toledo snow

                     Yo!

I like the bullet trains
Speeding from Tokyo
I like Seattle rain
All that Reno snow

I sleep late and long
Archetypal dreams
In my solitude
I play for my team

            Forward!

Dailiness. Ordinary.
Living day by day
Leaving the Chinese restaurant
Yes, I say xie xie

Please protections for my sons
Silent is the Way
All Life's dangers
My sons callooh! callay!

Ireland was misty grey
Seattle was rain too
Sledding in Reno snow
Y Carolina blue

I've been ramblin' round
Don't know what I'm gonna do
Maybe fly to Japan
See you at Sophia U.

                     Be true.

A little sweet tea
         Waiting
         my son!

I seek, Ms. Susan Meek
I seek and then I search
Acquainted with Absurd
I do not go to church

Seattle in the rain
Vienna in the snow
Japanese bullet train
Yoko yo yo yo yo!

                  So...

No one important
Often alone
Taxi service
Rolling Stone

San Francisco Zen
The Great Unknown
Little poems
Black cell phone

      Culianu, Ioan

Travelin' man
Vienna in snow
Siena in sun
Yoko yo yo

My children travel
Budapest
Prague, Berlin
Trains? Yes.

           Qualyxian Quest.

I'm not a saint
Proclivities
Travelin' man
Pretty please

Seattle. Seattle.
Grey and green
Chicago snow
Things Not Seen

       Exoplanets!

She really is that wonderful
      Pretty, caring, kind
      Gentle on my mind

Sunlit Italy
Honeymoon in Rome
Pasta primavera
Latin in my home

Sunlit Italy
Jackie Graziano
Fr. Bill LaFratta
My grandmother's piano

                 Madonna!

Boredinary Maryland
Grey day blues
I'm at school again
Gotta give him a ride

Time tick tocks
Soon I'm gonna lose
Keep him safe protected
All aglow inside

                    hope!

California Coast
Tidal pools in Monterrey
San Francisco Zen Center
Silent is the Way

Red Pine's Road to Heaven
Twenty first of May
Sweetly Sacramento
Memories of Taipei

                     Ole!

California Coast
San Francisco Zen
She I love the most
But I don't know when

1492
3710
Susan Meek not Sue
Destiny. Muy Bien!

My son took a math test
Hope he was prepared
Bruce Springsteen on my stereo
He is one who dared

Scrambled eggs and bacon
Orange juice to wash it down
When I was in Dublin
Took the bus through town

Wendy was a lot of fun
All things pass away
Oh! my darling sons
Oh! callooh! callay!

            my my hey hey

A little breakfast this morning
Got my son to school
Cordelia is truly noble
Harold Bloom was a fool

The rain is cold and falling
Grey sky, grey sidewalk too
35 years ago
Me at JMU

All the King's Men
Jack Burden, Jackie Bird
Dante, Milton, Plato
Albert Camus' Absurd

                      Words!

Malcolm X at 100
Chicago in the night
Charlotte in the sun
Gatsby's green light

Get my son from school
Time to eat and talk
NBA tonight
Run and jump and walk

Boredinary Maryland
Graduation soon
At our table Thai dumplings
In the kitchen Flaming June

                         Open!