I imagine the sun, on my face the wind in my hair then a child squeals near;The bickering sounds and chasing games, “knock it off… don’t go out of sight!”A commanding voice, a voice that knows its mind, confidently heard,Assured inside but with eyes […]

I dedicate this humble verse to Saint David patron of poems,whose beating heart rhymes with mine. Perhaps I should dedicate this next line to Antony of Padua,the saint of lost things like this poem that wanders. As a student I would be remiss to […]

My dad transforms for children.His rational, practical thoughts cede control to aprimal bear.  Perhaps I still remember his iron grasp,and roars, reeling about the living room: Bruza, Buzz, Burr“Ima get-yah!” Grandpop couldn’t stop laughing at toddler me,He would chuckle at who knows what, I […]

What if we all lived a life of criminal mystery, not ignoring crime? Examining greasy stains, marking shadows with a chalk outline,Finding meaning in our everyday, mundane, and common things.The color of her hair, the smell of cut grass, and buzzing bees,Could speak volumes […]

A hairA haunted doe,A shy spooked horse,All know wisdom in running.“Run, flee, before you are caught!”Dark shapes linger in the wings,Racing shadows tied to their tails. Some heed the ostrich,and hide their sorrows from sight. Some like a hyena laugh at the past,calling all […]

A horizon, the canvas of possibilities,360 degrees of future waiting for us all.Our desire’s compass points towards dreamsOut there beyond our circle wall. Everyone is headed over a horizon,But in which direction? The wise look for signs left by travelers,our ancestors long past.They beg […]

She sauntered up one fall noon wearing her western boots,Carrying a freshmen grin with hints of a rural rustic agrarian.Tossing her hair, she offered her name enthused, no time to lose,Confidently delighted, assured in procuring another friend.On learning my name, even though it was […]

Is it possible to love another if you lack the self-love part?If true-love wants the best for loved,Would not love demand “release the dove to a truer heart?”Fly be free my love to firmer ground hereof:  A shore in dignity, a home in olive […]

If a better heart calls on yours let it be,  I can but comply;It is well that you should be free of memory,  The cherished bride. For if love bears the chest but receives no yes,  His heart is freed,To voyage on a darkened sea […]

Never Mind the time, when you’re visiting long into the nightand can’t snip the strings of staying, the bonds of friendsthey hold on stronger, cementing with the passing years. Never Mind the gaping gaps in our shared memory banks,the deposits slip’s just a formality […]

Let this day burn in memory film, etched in silver,Let it sink in peatmoss memory bogs layered with fog,Let it dry in Egyptian spice and sleep under a gilded mask,Let the sun set on blazing waves, rolling over time’s arbitrary line,where celestial sailors bottle […]

My stars are the crossed shive-lights hanging over an upside-down ageless land,where the trees are thick closed canopies, and the birds are brightlike paradise.  Where monkeys howl, and macaws call. My jungle lives near the Marañón and low lakes of the Ucayali. The local “pirates” […]

An apple fell on the footpath.It tumbled, bounced, and bruisedAs it rolled on down the pass. The fallen fruit came to rest in slimy mud,Colored with hues of black and oxblood. Oozing sludge clung to the abused skin,worms and rot feasted, devouring it from […]