To be,
Or not to be
A Poet…
Who’s to say,
Who’s to know
—who’s to really care
(Dreamsleep: March, February)
Vietnam
Some came home…
but never came back
Some came back…
but never came home
Caught between
forever
And what forever
—had disowned
(Vietnam Veterans Memorial: March, 2020)
Love Surrounds
Persuading you with
my verses
Never convincing you
with my yarn
Your heartstrings twist
in braided strands
To mend my spirit,
darned
All shouts have turned
to whispers
New melodies
resound
A phrase to dance
inside your head
As love
—each word surrounds
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
Only A Tiger
Nursey Rhyme #48
Only a Tiger will approach a Tiger,
Lions never do
To give him pause and make him think,
“What will this Tiger do”
All other beasts he rests cocksure,
a meal they will become
But faced with one of his own kind
—to stay or then to run
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)
‘For Kiley, Hunter, Braden & Parker’
The Camel Threads
No off position
on the genius switch
No light
to then burn out
No cracks to form
on Leonardo’s bronze
No Frazier Ali
rout
The expectations
stretch beyond
What humanity
can span
The eye of the needle,
the camel threads
What always could
—still can
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2020)