Poetry in the Moment

I’ve bounced for years through internships, contracts and odd day gigs … thin dust coats my testamur in its gold-rimmed frame Take 5ive, 202...

the last rays of a winter sunset slip beyond the hills … I’m left in silence, grieving what’s left of my dream Take 5ive, 2026

moonlit icicles dripping from the eaves ... another night alone with my drunken self haunted by her absence Take 5ive, 2026

I pluck out another white hair ... in the mirror this face of the past now foreign to me Take 5ive, 2026

oh! sunset glow … I drift, drifting through a swirl of leaves as the wind tears loose my layoff notice Take 5ive, 2026

my chanting voice wavers between hope and acceptance  swirls of incense hover over the Buddha Take 5ive, "Inclusivity," 2024

a caged monkey runs up and down back and forth as if it could flee ... in its eyes I see my fate Take 5ive, "Inclusivity," 2024

my Jewish friend turns off the TV and asks in barely a whisper can one's fragmented heart contain two pains at once? Take 5ive, "In...

this past summer whatever wasn't on fire was under water ... I recall those days of kicking at the patches of sea foam Take 5ive, "...

a red poppy on Father's frayed lapel ... he once asked firmly son, what do you want to be when you grow up and why? Take 5ive, "Chi...

once again  tossing-turning through the night ... my body lies next to hers, and yet our childhood dreams drift apart Take 5ive, "Child...

rows of tents behind chain-link fencing  and razor wire-- the boy flies a paper plane  into his sky of dreams  Take 5ive, Plight of Refugees...

a roar of the moonlit surf  men and women in an inflatable boat crying, AllahGodJesus ... Take 5ive, Plight of Refugees, 2023

the cries  of wild geese north bound... on both sides of this winding border river men and women with backpacks Take 5ive, Plight of Refugee...

my God  all but a puff of smoke He vanishes when the winter gale blows ... alone with Cohen's "Hallelujah" Take 5ive, "Mu...

I don't know a dream that's not been shattered ... Paul Simon's voice whispers in my ear then I know I'll be alright  Take 5...

I'm going  to Graceland, Graceland ... I turn the volume all the way up and up as if to soar like an eagle Take 5ive, "Music That H...

Family Day Festival in the morning sunshine one laughter running after another through a tunnel of blossoms Take 5ive, Family, 2023

pulling out the last groundsel from her garden my wife admits the cracks in our marriage Take 5ive, Family, 2023

a silence after the bedroom quarrel envelopes us ...  me and my dog again  on the pullout couch Take 5ive, Family, 2023