White Night

I hurl nostalgia
into a corner of my heart
feeling the weight of a night

Nominated for this year's Pushcart Prize
Four and Twenty, 4:1, January 2011

Cradle to Grave

collecting four coupons
birth, old age, illness, and death
in exchange for
How to Love for Dummies

Four and Twenty, Vol 4:5, May 2011

Turn on the Light

I open up the eyes
of the fading past
trapped between the four walls
of my rented room

April 2011 issue of Four and Twenty

White Night

I hurl nostalgia
into a corner of my heart
feeling the weight of a night

January 2011 issue of Four and Twenty

Remembrance of Things Past

shades of memories
fly about, collide, and land
I pick them up
and put them to rest on the page

November 2010 issue of Four & Twenty

Solitude

maple tree and I
gaze at each other --
neither of us moves
or gets tired

October, 2010 issue of Four & Twenty

Birth of a Poem

a plastic bag
whirled by the wind
struggling in mid-air --
my poem is born at the sight

October 2010 issue of Four & Twenty

Peace

a dove opens its wings
while perching on the head
of the stone lion
still guarding the entrance 

Four and Twenty of the Week, December 15, 2010

Burning Love

the smoke of your letters
disappears into the moonless night
I open our album

December 2009 issue of Four & Twenty

E-Love

I see your face
emerging pixel by pixel:
haunting electrons seeking
the sparks of life

The Poem of the Week (Four and Twenty of the Week, March 9)

White Night

gusting winds lift up
a corner of the night
chilled, I surrender
to the inky sky

February issue of Four & Twenty

The L Word

finally, I tell Loneliness
I’m leaving you
she curls up in bed
heaves a groan of despair

May 2010 issue of Four and Twenty

Sight and Sound

silence dribbles
through the color of day
sorrow hammers
at the sound of night

April 2010 issue of Four and Twenty

The Sound of Night

night blankets
the silence of my dark eyes
the past lingers
in heart beats

March 2010 issue of Four and Twenty

Howling

frost moon, shadow of lamppost
stray dog howling at the sky
I do the same for competition

March 2010 issue of Four and Twenty