Margarita for Breakfast
Glitter on my Mind
Homer on the Screen
im running out of time
About the Bills
and with Nyro & Joel in the Air
im all about the bills
Broke as Hell*
and im losing the will

Escaping myself,
  I ran into the wilderness

Escaping myself,
  I ran back through the dawn

Escaping myself,
  my shadow had vanished

Until capturing myself
  —in the words of your song

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2014)

The timid
find courage
in the well
— of another’s fear

(Valley Forge Park: February, 2024)


Call Me Ishmael

Mediocre writing
spawns editing
The Great Works
— born unchanged

‘Thoughts of: Bob Dylan, Laura Nyro, John Lennon, Steve Winwood, Kris Kristofferson’
(February: 2024)

In deepest memory
my mind escapes
to places yet journeyed
undreamed they await

In deepest memory
the future untold
awaiting unbeckoned
—the next bell to toll

(Dreamsleep Tribute To Laura Nyro: March, 2023)

Laura returned in a dream tonight
to remind me of who I was
Leading me toward a waxing moon
she sang of hope and love
Pulling me close she kissed my lips
as her breath refilled my soul
Giving me back unto myself
—with a joy that time had stole

( To My Muse — Laura Nyro: September, 2023)

I had you
once
before I lost you in a dream
A dream that I woke up
from
where you stayed beyond my grasp

Visiting me each
night
in the bartered hours of my sleep
Holding me beyond
hope
ever cradling my fear

Lending me back to
myself
inside this borrowed joy
Until the dawn reminds
again
—I had you once

(To Laura Nyro: March, 2021)