Poems

A poem inspired by a pillar of rock that stands upon a beach, opposing the waves that lap around it. […]

A poem inspired by the popular appeal of Donald J. Trump and “Sympathy for the Devil” by the Rolling Stones. […]

A poem inspired by Christina Rossetti’s In the Bleak Midwinter, and by a sunny day in late December. […]

The leaves turn, half way through nature’s year.
Growth foreshadows decline; the sun bows lower.
Dappled by barer branches, but it still shines. […]

A poem for somebody with a coincidental birthday. […]

The sun closes another day
I find myself tired inside
Weary to the bones
Wearing no expression on my face… […]

I sing to myself,
When nobody’s listening.
I sing of my hopes and my fears and of dreams and escapes and of planets unknown and of people I’m missing… […]

The Pixies have released Indie Cindy, which comes 22 years after Trompe Le Monde, and 26 years after Come On Pilgrim. If that news made some joyous sense to you, then you might also understand the following… […]

Please
Show me something
That I’ve never seen
Please… […]

So you thought you knew me Thought you had me pegged Thought you see right through me Knew where I was led Now I must admit that I was listening to you But that’s one […]