Poetry in the Moment

At the edge of night, memories flare like lanterns drifting on a river. hospice window morning mist ghosting the blossoms Frogpond, 49:1, 20...

in sky and sea whites and blues adrift ... years in exile Frogpond, 49:1, 2026

a pause before the doctor's reply ... my wife's hand in mine the day she's gone ... her smile in the wedding photo with brown ed...

awake from dreams ... a robin's song spreading with the light Frogpond, 48:2, 2025

the sound of leaves crunching under my feet ... laid off the stop, go, stop of this gig work life ... rush hour traffic last bus ride office...

moonlight in wave after wave a doll drifting Frogpond, 48:1, Winter 2025

war news on mute ... my wife deadheading tulips for next year’s garden Frogpond 47:3 Autumn 2024

the slant of moonlight at 3 am . . . yet another pee Frogpond, 47:2, Spring/Summer 2024

Statue of Liberty the childhood dream left behind Frogpond, 46:1, Winter 2023

new snow on old snow on our way home, she repeats last night's complaints Frogpond, 45:3, Autumn 2022

musk thistles ... less and less breathing space between us  Frogpond ,46:3, Autumn 2023

moon glow ... could-haves slip to the back of my mind Frogpond, 46:2, Spring/Summer, 2023

Chinatown stroll ... my memories  of life elsewhere Frogpond, 46:1, Winter 2023

the sound of rain on the sound of a midnight scream Frogpond, 45:2, Spring/Summer 2022 For further discussion, see my "To the Lighthous...

the knife cutting through Happy fiftieth birthday Frogpond, 45:1, winter 2021

winter solstice I curl into a dream Frogpond, 44:3 Autumn 2021

river stroll ... the clouds tinged with salmon Frogpond, 44:2, Spring/Summer 2021

sultry night a strand of her blonde hair between my teeth Frogpond, 44:1, winter 2021

I don't see race in the scorching heat a blackbird Frogpond, 43:3, Fall 2020

between gunshots a shooting star Frogpond, 40:1, Winter 2017