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On Days Like This On days like this . . . Before the dawn ever happens when the sky is still dark and the morning star bright. It is on days like this . . . When the last of … Continue reading →

Everyone Sang Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom, Winging wildly across the white Orchards and dark-green fields; on – on – and out of sight. Everyone’s voice … Continue reading →

Looking at the Sea I have today and tomorrow, I hear amplified voices, The sun shines, the arbor Shades, and people talk. Actors write, writers act, It can be the same or not, And criticism can be praise, But love … Continue reading →

Before No shoes and a glossy red helmet, I rode on the back of my dad’s Harley at seven years old. Before the divorce. Before the new apartment. Before the new marriage. Before the apple tree. Before the ceramics in … Continue reading →

Summons Keep me from going to sleep too soon Or if I go to sleep too soon Come wake me up. Come any hour Of night. Come whistling up the road. Stomp on the porch. Bang on the door. Make … Continue reading →

Your Catfish Friend   If I were to live my life in catfish forms in scaffolds of skin and whiskers at the bottom of a pond and you were to come by one evening when the moon was shining down … Continue reading →

I Meant to Do My Work Today   I meant to do my work today – But a brown bird sang in the apple tree, And a butterfly flitted across the field, And all the leaves were calling me. And … Continue reading →

When Will I Be Home? When will I be home? I don’t know. In the mountains, in the rainy night, The Autumn lake is flooded. Someday we will be back together again. We will sit in the candlelight by the … Continue reading →