Your Voice

Your voice, my anchor;
Even the brash, galling winds
Can’t drown out your song.

Eileen

Though death takes you now,
Your indelible smile
We will ever hold.

Catherine Wheel

She knows not her mind;

Her thoughts a catherine wheel

Of sparkling chaos.

Holiday Greetings

Happy Holidays!

May there be mirth, joy and peace

For all those you love.

Vacant Lots

Little brown dead weeds

In fields of trash and stone ~

Spring’s dormant splendor.

Anicha

Everything changes:

What’s tobacco one moment,

Smoke the next ~ then air.

George Carlin’s Faith

If there is a god,

And I’m certain there is not,

May he strike you dead.

Tommy

Motor-mouthed, squirmy,
Incorrigible hell-boy:
And still I like you.

Night Train

Train whistle nocturne
Soars through the evening air, a
Distant lullaby.

Consideration

Standing on the bus,
Squirming babe in arms, she stares
At the seated man.

Dragonflies

Sailing in mid air,

A graceful tandem as one ~

Two dragonflies mate.

Karaoke

Normally reserved,
She, with mic in hand, becomes
A soaring goddess.

Enmity

Anger in us seethes;

Each ~ a sleeping volcano

Someday to erupt.

Om

Back sore, knees aching,
Skull chatter battles silence:
Meditation sucks.

Freedom

Open window yawns;
Repeatedly though, the fly
Rams into the glass.

Cosmic Love

Starry-eyed dreamer,
Your new-age aphorisms
Sing a naive song.

The King of Pop!

Ghosty-faced freak boy,
Once black, pop chart pederast ~
May you rest in peace.

Eulogy

Crow on pavement, dead ~
Murder of mourners, jet black,
Squawking on the line.

False Empathy

Little woodpecker,
Your sweet, staccato drilling
Gives me a headache.

Nude Beach

On her back she lies,
Breasts defying gravity ~
Oh! It’s silicone.

Caterwauling

Cat copulation;
In the alley dark, wailing ~
Sounds like war, not love.

Accident

Night sirens wail.
Somewhere a stranger abides,
Nigh unto death.

Consumed

O bountiful Earth!
Sustain our boundless wont; we’ll
Bequeath you our scree.

Jilted

Once: my bright-eyed love,
Source of my fool heart’s content.
Now: my brother’s wife.

Apartment Sounds

Upstairs a girl
Practices the piano.
Downstairs, spouses feud.