POEMS 2001


LOST MINDS

"The silent Hearse came slowly by,"

ENGAGING THE HORIZON

WHAT WILL IT TAKE?

A COWARD'S QUESTION

FIGMENT OF YOUR IMAGINATION

THE WISH

QUESTIONABLY

LONESOME HEART

THE LITTLE THINGS

TO FLY BY DAY AND HIDE BY NIGHT:

REKINDLED SPIRITS

THE AMERICAN KNIGHT (READS A STORY TO HIS SON)

DREAMS CAN COME TRUE

WOMEN:

KNOW HER

THE WINDS OF CHANGE

A DAY AT THE BEACH

STARING OUT AT THE WORLD

ANGER

MISFITS AGAINST THE MAIN FLOW OF SOCIETY

THE LEGEND OF THE TIN CANS

WISDOM AND REFLECTION

"What is human?"

GNARLED TREE

SILENCE OF TIME

HAULING HAY

THE COMBAT ZONE

THE SUNFLOWER

AUTUMN'S EXQUISITE BEAUTY

MESMERIZING REFLECTIONS

"Tree"

AUTUMN

"Have you ever looked at"

AUTUMN WIND

COUNTRY RICHES

SILENT INTRUDER

MORNING LIGHT

A CITY SYMPHONY

SKY BOUND

SOARING II

THE GREATEST POWER

HE TAUGHT HER

THEIR SAVIOR'S LOVE

ANGEL OF HER DREAMS

VICTORY

WONDERING ABOUT LIFE

THE HAND SHE FEELS BUT NEVER SEES

SOME DAYS

TRUE LOVE NEVER DIES

HIS EPITAPH

HER PERSONAL TESTIMONY

GETTING STONED

REALITY OF A DREAM

DEVOTION OF LOVE

WAR

A PRISON CALLED GRIEF

BROKEN MINDS

THE BOOK

GAZE OUT YOUR WINDOW, AND SEE THE BEAUTY THAT'S FREE TO BEHOLD

HEARKEN UNTO HIM

CONFINEMENT

TOO SOON, SHE GROWS OLD

BYE JAIMEE

THEY

MONSTERS

WALLS OF TEARS

IMAGINATION

EARTH'S PROMISE

DANCING SHADOWS

EVEN SO

JUST WATCH

UPON A DREAM FANTASY

LIFE'S JUDGEMENT

FEARLESS

TO RAVEN

TO HIS BRIDGE TO BE...PILLARS OF LIFE

WHAT DOES LIFE HOLD?

THE STORM II

HER SON

OKLAHOMA BOMBING

TO ALL THEIR BLACKENED EARS (A TALE OF GRAVE DIGGERS)

THE SLEEPERS

LITTLE GEORGIE MAY

BROKEN WARRIOR

SILVER SIRE

QUI ES

HISTORY

BE THANKFUL

THE NATURE OF THINGS

AS THEY LET YOU GO...

CLOUDY DAY

THE RAIN WILL COME

THE YES-MAN

LIFE'S GARDEN

HOMESTEAD

GLASS GODDESSES

THE CONTEMPLATION OF BEAUTY

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

HENRY YOUNG'S SEA PAINTING

MASTER, 7TH DON

"Have you seen the moon late at night"

THINKING

HER II

FACES

BREAKING AT THE SEAM

BLIND

TEMPTATIONS & TRIALS

"What they believe..."

LIFE'S PATH

"For all your empty tears"

IMPERFECTIONS

"You..."

TAKE A WALK

A PATH

BEAUTIFUL DAY

COPING WITH WINTER

FALL AT BLOCK ISLAND SOUND

SUNSET

A BUTTERFLY

THE GIFT

THE GOLDEN TREE

TESTS OF ENDURANCE

EXPECTATIONS OF A HUNGRY YOUNG POET

MUSIC II

MOSQUITO

STILL NIGHT

FRENCH IS A DIFFICULT LANGUAGE

LOVELY LADY REFLECTING

DOES IT MATTER AT ALL

A MOTHER'S PAIN

THE ETERNAL EMBRACE

TO HER PORGY, IN MEMORIUM

CREMATION

DEATH VISITS

PEOPLE LIGHT PATHS

THE STUMBLE BUM AND THE STRANGER

AND THE CHILD SAID

WONDERS

A MOCKERY

THE BEGOTTEN SON

FOR HER DAD

HER GRANDPARENT'S HOUSE

HE REMEMBERS GRANDPA...

THEM II

NO PLACE TO CALL HOME

DOROTHY

HER LITTLE SISTER--ANGEL GINA

"He and his wife were doing alright"

HER BEST FRIEND, HER DAD

DAD

A MOTHER'S SACRIFICE

THE LITTLE WOODEN HOUSE

HER FATHER

HIS SON

HER DADDY

CAPTURE HER CONTROL

FORGOTTEN SECRETS

WHY

BLACK

LOST EYES

GEMINI

THE CACOPHONY OF ABSTAINING LOQUACITY

ALL KINDS OF BOOKS

REALITY? OR THE DREAM?

THE HUNT

TRIP OF HER LIFE

"He sees within himself"

FLOWERS & YOU

F-A-L-L

TREES

ROSE

GREEN VALLEY

DID YOU HEAR?

MOTHER EARTH

"This poem is dedicated in honor of"

TO MICHAEL G. CULPEPPER

"Ever since he can remember,"

SNOWMAN

FOR HER LITTLE BOY

LITTLE BOY LOST

CHILD'S PLAY

CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT

HER DOLLIE

OVERLOOKEDOVER

THE DATE

THIS PAIN HAS TAKEN IT'S TOLL

ABORTION

HER HEART II

ALL JUST PRETEND

RAGE

SORROWS DIMMER

WHEN SHE NEEDS YOU

THE BLACK WOMAN BLUES

IF HE COULD, WOULD HE

DREAM

PARTNERS IN TIME

SANDALS ON THE BEACH

COUNTRY ROADS

MOM SHE WANTS TO KNOW

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