A Wider Winnowing
During this time of decline when so much is shrinking: friends dying and for the most part not being replaced; the public exercise of...
Category: Companions in Time
Free Radicals (expanded version)
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in their planetary environment into a trunk...
Free Radicals
Like a maple tree, our bodies grow from a seed; gathering stellar dust and organic nutrients found in the planetary environment into a trunk...
A Water Sign
I was born under a water sign: Cancer. Certain experiences that I encounter seem to confirm the characteristic of being like water. Others feel...
Balancing Act
It’s a hard lesson to learn: That in this hall of mirrors We’re spending a lot of time, trying To place the one who...
Send Me a Sign
After all these years Why would I want a sign? Seven years in now, I’m doing pretty well. And at 83, I’ll soon know...
Learning about Myself
I’ve been reading a book of poems Sent to me by a friend Trying to learn how it’s done From someone who knows himself...
Dad in the Rain
This morning I remembered an old dream. In the dream I am upstairs In the house I grew up in My father is outside...
Water Gets Around
Each breath rapid and searing Expelling clouds of crystals Into the thin cold air Each step a marathon Tenzing Norgay knows the way And...
Three Arms Better Than One
It’s so nice to see you Stepping up and doing so much That I used to do. It’s almost worth falling And breaking my...