March 1999 Poems

These were published in March, 1999.

For the week of March 1-7, 1999:

                                                            my brother
                                                my window to the world
                                                is celebrating his birthday
                                                within this week

                                                 i have not yet
                                                 thanked him enough
                                                 for taking care of me

                                                 but i am sure he knows
                                                 and he feels
                                                 how grateful i am

                                                 i wish him
                                                 a happy happy birthday
                                                 and a long and fruitful life!

For the week March 22-28, 1999

You got to trust

                                    . . .   that the driver
                                            will bring you safely
                                            to your destination

                                    . . .   that the cook
                                            will serve you
                                            nourishing meals

. . . that the janitors
will clean the sorroundings

. . . that the doctors
will make you well again

                                    . . .   that the family
                                            will love you
                                            and care for you
                                            always

and so on . . .

Basically, you got to trust others as well as yourself.

Put very simply:

You got to trust Him, Who Keeps us in His Care.

For the week March 22-28, 1999

Vigan
in my mind's eye

going back in time
weaving mythic rhyme

walking in streets
of cobbled stones

tasting empanada
riding a calesa

taking pictures of people
like what I did in China

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