A Heart That Rules
He sits upon his throne, his square jaw defiant and protruding, and from all he has sewn, must accept the
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Year: 2017
The Utopia Found in Dystopian Poetry – A Writers Perspective
The imagined world of the future is filled with terrible things. Each day is frightening and filled with peril from
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What We Leave Behind – Emotional Baggage From Sudden Death
My finger lazily traces the lines of her face The worn photograph is beginning to show its age The coloration
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Beautiful Broken Woman – The Damage Done
She speaks of the past often Rarely smiles Reminiscing about times when things were better Her young face No longer
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Chicken Farmer
They called him a chicken farmer but he only had one chicken They called him a chicken farmer ’cause’ he
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Stoic in the Cause of Right
Were it not for peace, my inner state, words would fly like daggers, and I, each one would regret, as
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The Poet’s Sharing
Aspirations drip from laden quills, souls in quest of immortality, words so eloquent to last in thought, heart imbued with
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In the Aftermath of Life
Transient, these faces that haunt my dreams, wafting in and out of consciousness, like wisps of smoke, forming and disspating,
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The Old Cemetery
The Old Cemetery Once I went walking, in an old cemetery. Where my footsteps, echoed on the hallowed ground. Where
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In My Delight and Sorrow
In my Delight and sorrow, It’s your sincere face that I see, For it fosters the spirit of tranquility As
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All Blessed in Our Own Way
Knowledge is an insight into certain aspects of life, and often rejected by those who think they know, as we
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O My Beloved! In Your Arms Is My World
O My Beloved! On the palms of this tranquil night, The moon glows, radiating so bright, As I remain absorbed
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There Are Ex-Wives, and then there is You!
Trepidation is all I feel from those who would, for their own agendas, harm my spirit, and those I love,
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One Last Ride, Pt. 2 of 2
One Last Ride, Pt. 2 of 2 The following story contains: Violence, violent imagery, some profane/crude language For six-hundred seconds,
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Beyond the Limits of Understanding
Within the restraints of my acceptance, my world exists, extrapolating the limits of my understanding, and beyond that periphery is
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Ascendency to Transcendentalism – Sharing Space With Intellectualism
Ascent to transcendentalism Measured categorically across humankind With higher-thought beings well-placed among all classes and castes Spiritual climbers with purposeful
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Journey To The Realm Of Dreams
Not to sleep, but to enter the realm of dreams That’s why I’m here My body needs rest; I feel
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If I Could Paint a Portrait – a Love Poem
If I Could Paint a Portrait If I could paint a portrait I’d be inspired by many others, Like Degas’
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Far Beyond The Sea Shall I Love Thee
Far Beyond The Sea … Far Beyond The Sea Shall I Love Thee, With each wave that flows my
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A View From the Shed’….excerpt Ch 25 Desire/Happiness
I stare outside through my office window, unwilling to go to the shed, my once favorite place of thought and
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Who Holds the Key…those memories
The key to a better life… Who holds the key, the finger off the trigger, a message that transforms, words
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Sight, No Foregone Conclusion
Diaphanous, the wings of persuasion, simplicity of light in purity of transparency, yet light in delusion’s hands may in reflection
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Letter And Poem To My Grand Daughter
My Grand Daughter, Even though you are just hours old and learning a new system called life on the outside.
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