Poetry in the Moment

moonlight creeps in the door ajar her heart has been closed since azaleas blanketed the mountain misty morning I open The Art of Loving her ...

For Yosano Akiko and Martin Heidegger mesmerized by Akiko's Tangled Hair I encounter eros as infatuation blooms into love dumbfounded ...

in memory of John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) nostalgia whispers Yesterday into my ear seeing her moon face I raise my hand....

he leaps away from the gaze of silence over the edge of a cliff and into a place that less fleshy lonely, I turn on the TV and see a depress...

awake I dream of being a butterfly does he dream of me… who cares in the world of red dust? (Note: Red dust is a Buddhist set-phrase for t...

I scoop the moon from a river of words that runs through the bottom of my heart S eptember/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

I gaze from the height of my study gauging the world by the size of solitude September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

a poem (mourning) the silent death of a poet: the old self is nailed down on paper and read at least by one September/October 2010 issue o...

lying on the white sand I feel its moisture my first love angst September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

the sea inside my heart surges every night churning up the waves only to recede at daybreak September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

a white carpet of sand drinks my tears as I walk back and forth along the shore September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

sea birds grace sky and sea that boundless expanse of blue into which I dive September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

I pawn Drink Alone by Moonlight at a river tavern gazing at the moon pondering if Li Po is mad at m e September/October 2010 issue of Sket...

as always the river rapids lure away both blossoms and leaves yet cobbles lay still September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

the gusts of the autumn wind chill the teardrops of dew that are mine September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

morning dewdrops scatter on the autumn wind as do my tears unlike causes yet the same fate September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

spring blossoms with rainbow colors now frost-withered to one hue your flower heart September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

December’s snow smothers the earth you bury me under drifts of cold looks September/October 2010 issue of Sketchbook

devotedly I pray ...

for Martin Heidegger like a child shoved down the playground slide scared I reach this age forty six a long strip of white sand washed by wa...