Vincent, when he had time to kill indulged himself in every thrill. The most life-threatening sports he’d choose, on motorcycles or canoes. He surfed (alone, I should explain) while ‘round him roared a hurricane, He [...]
The iron cart in which I rode, Dodging pebbles from the crowd, A steady rain glistened the rail as stones and insults fell like hail. To what grim stop was I en route, soaked, desolate [...]
An old pine counseled a sapling “Be patient. Do not fret. Your limbs will grow, your buds will sprout, Your trunk will form a thick redoubt. In time you’ll grasp what it’s about, And pain [...]
The temporary condition of old age passes like the turning of a page with all the stealth with which it may approach, more gradually than one can easily note. It doesn’t last as long as [...]
The gentle swan With graceful neck A placid, floating sight Though ever fond, None would suspect It could inspire such fright. This oh-so elegant waterfowl that inspired a grand ballet, when angered will not be [...]
Sebastian liked to play the slots, in fact, he played them lots and lots. Infrequently he’d win, but then would promptly start to lose again. His youth was spent, the lion’s portion, gambling away a [...]
Why topple towers or raze empires and pulverize to dust an edifice of ages past much better left to rust? Why dominate and lay to waste a citadel revered, instead of raising one yourself entirely [...]
For centuries or so it seems, (interminable quarantine!) From dusk to dawn and in between I’m staring inches from a screen. Each cluttered area I’ve cleaned; From human contact I’ve been weaned My eyes are [...]
Marcy watched the nightly news before she settled off to snooze, but in the morning, close to dawn poor Marcy switched the news back on. At various times throughout her day she’d check what anchors [...]
This virus, if it has a goal wants every one of us to slow, and strives to foster discontent and squash all our accomplishment. Should we give in to such a ploy, as microscopic things [...]