Together—Eternal (+8)

Together,

Our hearts may start a fire

That in isolation

Waits a spark

 

Eternal,

Our souls may join as one

As our spirits

—light the dark

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

If Not For The Poet

 

Where have all the

Poets gone

 

Where are all the

songs unsung

 

Where does the mystery

unravel sublime

 

Where does the majesty

reach the Divine

 

Where does tomorrow

turn into today

 

If not for the Poet

—we've all lost our way

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

 

Time And Again

 

Poetry is more than words,

some is written, some is heard

 

Often long, yet sometimes short,

its power shared in bold retort

 

Questions cry, demanding verse,

with feelings new, still unrehearsed

 

Its focus like a laser aims,

at souls that search—time and again

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

Glorious Welcome

 

Unto a rose,

  flower so sweet

 

Petals like velvet,

fragrance so deep

 

Up through the concrete,

lining many a field

 

Its glorious blossom

love’s welcome—revealed

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

Refusing To Kneel

 

I abhor weakness

in all of its forms

 

My words gaining strength

through many a storm

 

Whether sleet in my face

or rudderless keel

 

This pledge I do anchor

—refusing to kneel

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

The Voice

 

When I was starving,

poetry fed me

 

When I was sick,

the verse made me well

 

When I was homeless,

words gave me shelter

 

When I was lost

—the voice led me home

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)

 

 

In The Look

 

First I write the story,

  then I write the book

 

Related but still different

—not to be mistook

 

First I write the story,

then I write the book

 

The first is in the telling

—the second in the look

 

(Barnes & Noble, Kansas City: June, 2016)  

 

 

Before The Void

 

To be forgotten

—you first have to be remembered

 

(Dreamsleep: June, 2019)

 

 

No Heart Denied

 

Love freely given,

no heart denied

 

A soul on fire

—the heavens cry

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)