i heard the gossip under the shades-    sneaky & stealing neighbors kind & helpful friends    errant kids & strangers on ...

tides roar chests charging skyward-   spring fever is on finger buds rising greening fields- wild flowers frolicking by feet of trees- rai...

we share buttered toast           and warm mugs of coffee & tea sky is blazing storm           colorful stardust, weaving of lig...

it was a narrow wooden plank, between the small boat and the shore's platform.   my friends keep on egging me that it is safe to cro...

We dive straight from pale sky to frozen sea Where the past throbs above tides, flash of blue Glints with champagne eyes, lips kissed by...

leaves are delicate rust     mulched in sepia as carpet of tendrils    rise, underfoot  every bud is heady     as spring roars, step...

amidst sepia leaves and white-ash twigs spring sun rises at last skirt me green with thumbs so new dewdrops slip from my crown- driz...

I dance with shadows    and gather figments of last night's dream To the beat of syllables    I compose & decompose    Don...

you with piper's song-     a bait or hook     or moonlight serenade you with the smallest frame but the brightest of fire in your ...

Skeletons in the family's closet have always been part and parcel of my father's family history.   However through time and for...