POEMS 2006


THE DESERT

"These are the lives they lead today"

FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER

MSS UNFINISHED...

THE REDS OF DAWN

THE FADING FLORIDA TOMATO FIELDS

MOMENTS OF VARESSA

HAIKU

EQUINE PICTOGRAPHS

THE ARIZONA DESERT

IN THE DESERT

"Each life a circumstance, each day of reckoning."

"An apocalyptic dream,"

SPIDER

NERVOUS

SOMEDAY--NEVER

IN PARADISUM

"Coffee stains on"

CRADLESONG OF DAWN

"One melting into the other, on the bus"

ELEGY (IN BLUE) FOR MOTHER

DESOLATION

BEETLES CRAWLING OVER WOOD CHIPS

THE NEXT MORNING

RAINING AND RUNNING

ARIATA

HER BLUEJAY

CONTENTMENT, THAT FADED MELODY

BLACK LIKE HER

FEMINITY

JUST OPEN YOUR EYES AND SEA (A BOOK REPORT ON GOODBYE VIETNAM BY GLORIA WHELAN)

THREE WOMEN ON A BEACH (FOR EDITH, MARGRET, ROSETTA ON MARCO ISLAND, FLORIDA)

THEIR SHIP AT SEA

GEORGIANNA LAID TO REST

HUSH, YOUTH!

MATTER OF RECORD

CLOUD WALTZER

FOR FRANCES

GOWN OF LACE

SOMEDAY II

THE CRY OF THE MOOR

SNOWDUST

HORSES IN THE NIGHT

NINE HOURS OF LIGHT

REMEMBER WHEN (TO THE WALKING SET.)

THING OF BEAUTY

LIQUID PARADISE

"Beaded, shimmering"

"'Possum moon--"

SPRING SUNSET

UNDERGROUND

FREIGHT TRAINS

RECYCLING WORKSHOP POEMS (AFTER THE FLOOD)

LAST CHANCE

AN INVISIBLE WARRIOR

ECLIPSE

THE JOURNEY

LONELINESS II

THOUGHTS

THE POWER OF WORDS

NO TRAYS ON THANKSGIVING DAYS!

INNER BEAUTY

HER III

SILENT VIGIL

THE MAN I DIDN'T KNOW

"Black Man"

SHE IS AN AFRICAN QUEEN

AN APOLOGY

SUNDAY KIND OF GUY

THE HERO

UNFORGIVEN

THE TRUE: WIFE

JOURNEY

IBID

MEMO FROM DAD

NEVER EVER SAY GOOD NIGHT

GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT

JUDGEMENT DAY

MODERN TRAGEDY

A BROKEN MOMENT

GRUDGE BURIAL

"This"

MORNING YOU

THINGS WORK OUT FOR THE BEST

A RADIANT SHIMMER

QUERY

THEY BE...

COUNTRY MUSIC MAN

FAR AWAY

DOORS

"His mentality is madness now"

WHO ARE YOU PASSER-BY?

FADING

SOUL SEARCH

CIRCLE

TO BOLDLY GO

RICHES

HER WISHING STAR

HANDS OF A TEACHER

SEASHORE OF SAFETY

NO LONGER

BOSNIA'S CHILD

WHAT WAS SHE THINKING OF...

THE FROWN

QUIET RAINDROP

PHARMOCOMANIACAL

BUD GIRL IN SCHOOL

COURTNEY FAYE

MOTHERHOOD

THE PHOTOGRAPH

RIGHTS OF PASSAGE

THE TRUE: HUSBAND

HER FAVORITE CHRISTMAS FACE

AND DADDIES LOVE THEIR LITTLE GIRLS

A NEW BUNDLE OF JOY

SHE IS II

SHE'S GOING TO BE A GRANDMA!

DEAR MAMA

DESERT EVENINGSONG

GENERALIC CH'I

REALITY

BUSY BEES

THE LULL OF INDIAN SUMMER

PURPLE MOUNTAINS MAJESTY

WINDOWS

UNIVERSE

PROCLAMATION OF FREEDOM

THE REALITY OF THE AMERICAN DREAM

"Thank you for the gesture, thank you for the time,"

SHE SEES

SARAH THERE ARE ANGELS EVERYWHERE

"Your angel"

THE LORD CALLS THEM

ANGEL'S TEARS

OH JOYOUS MORN

LOVE LIVES

LOVE'S PEOPLE

EXPERIENCE

AN ANGEL

HEAVEN'S ANGEL

AN ANGEL II

PAN

REVERENCE

THE FLAME

KALEIDOSCOPE

FLOWERS II

THE ACORN DELUGE

MORNING ROSE

WIND II

WINTER'S A COMIN'

WIND III

ONE JOURNEY

HER VISIONS

HIS WORST NIGHTMARE

DAYDREAMING II

JUST HER

"She has a whirlwind in her head"

FIRESIDE

THE CANDLE

CANDLE II

YOUNG MAN RIVER

HER WOODS

THE SNOWPEELER

CAN'T COMPREHEND

JUST FOR THE NIGHT

"Gloomy Home of Disbelief,"

TELL HER WHY?

COLORS OF A RAINBOW

THE SADDLE

MOON MERCHANT

LADY BUTTERFLY

MYSTERY OF MEDICINE WHEEL

CATCH A DREAM

THE FORGOTTEN MAN

THE HOUSE THEY SHARED

PEACE WITHIN

LIFE WITHOUT YOU

"The hour of his demise is near"

SHE DIDN'T LEAVE YOU

BAY WINDS

WAITING FOR SOMEONE LIKE YOU

HER UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

SEPARATION

LOVE WILL FIND A WAY

SERENDIPITY

A SUMMER DREAM

HE STOOD BESIDE THE BED

THE RIDDLE OF THE RIDDLER

WHEN II

THIS SHIP CALLED SANITY

THE BEST OF FRIENDS:

HISTORY II

RECKONING FROM FENCE TO FENCE

FRIENDS VI

HIS BEST FRIEND

FOR BONNIE

GETTING UP IN THE MORNING

TIME'S ENEMY

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