Quickly, time moves forward! All of the passing years Have caught me unaware... And soon the end appears Have I enjoyed the laughter?

A Sonnet Ling’ring mem’ries of moments toge… Still excite and comfort her griev… Lifting her spirit, she sees forev… Yet sink her soul, when recollecti…

Nightfall, on the beach they watch… On floodlit rocks, as wavelets rea… Their weary feet soothed as the co… On white sand; their tired legs be… But it’s getting late so they walk…

An Ode to America, the Beautiful… she drives on the lonely highway to a place far away; scenes unfold before her, nature’s bounty on display...

Ear to the ground; forefinger in t… Wide eyes scanning the heavens for… Fearful and troubled; feeling much… Yet hopeful, in the end stars will… We seek guidance, of our future un…

An Ode to Love with No Pre-Cond… Sunrise, early morning, he’s wide… A resigned look in his grim face His breath, a mist; the cold he ca… Hard to keep warm in this place…

From the Ashes Twilight it was, storm clouds roll… Lightning flashes tortured the ski… Torrential rain and fearsome winds Power’s out as the tempest flies

Show me a happy poet; I will say… It’s not an oxymoron, but few such… For a poet writes of the sadness i… Of the lost Eden, that he ne’er w… He writes of the pain, the hurt an…

On a white canvas, Monet daubed p… And captured the beauty of water l… In the right lighting; yes, they c… Yet I’d prefer a lily swaying in… The ancients built pyramids and zi…

Do you remember? The first day of school? You couldn’t wait to get home Tell all your experiences to mom How thrilled you were…

She confronts all things with fine… She’s in, or she’s out, nothing in… Once in, not a single line is blur… Full speed ahead; no distractions… With her at the helm, there are no…

always they come– tribulations, bi… heavy punishing rains or many days… losses, real or imagined, material… knock us down, fill us with paraly… but when dread and gloom inhabit o…

The sky’s ablaze at sunset Orange yellow deepest red Illusory tongues of flame A virtual firestorm has spread But then it’s momentary

Where you have gone There I’m going too Hoping it’s not so soon I’ve got much more to do. Someday, again you I’ll see

Misadventures of a Water Droplet Snow crystal melting then cascadin… Into rills brooks and rivulets White water on rocks splashing Streams through fields of bluebonn…