New Love

Does the chemist succeed

  without blowing things up

Were you ever in need

  from a bout of bad luck

Does the tree need to shake

  for the apples to fall

Does your heart need to break

  —for new love to then call

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

Poetry

A nuclear missile           

A singular rose

A Montana sunset

A one-year-olds toes

A diary unfound

A moment unclaimed

A story unwritten

A lover renamed

A sadness rekindled

A joy beyond bounds

A cry from an eagle

A wink from a clown

A walk among Angels

A glimpse into hell

A crossing of rainbows

A last wishing well

A father unsired

A son higher bred

A Grand Canyon sunrise

A note from the dead

A beggar enthroned

A gift undeserved

A feeling eternal

  —a feeling to own

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

The Last Hospice

Once the words are written down

  —you'll never die alone

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)

The Enemy Within

If there’s anything more dangerous

 than a terrorist

  —it’s a corrupt politician

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2019)