Category Archives: Poetry

Dance with me I want to hear your heartbeat Thumping close against my chest. Feel your muscles move beneath my hands. I want to smell your perfume, Touch the softness of your hair, See the moonlight sparkle in your eyes … Continue reading →

Oyster’s rough and crusted shell Cracks open… Greets the sea. Breaths in the life sustaining brine And is renewed.   It is not otter, crab or gull He fears But lack of her. And opens once again to feel Her  … Continue reading →

Each of us has always held a ticket to the play. The long and constant drama, Set in our theatre in the round. Some stare, aloof as visitors Arrived from distant stars. They stand about in clusters, Amused by all … Continue reading →

I saw you well before we met Along the banks of bogs and ponds, Beside 10,000 miles of asphalt Winding slow between the seas. I saw you in my smoky dreams, In every woman’s smiling eyes, In every glowing summer … Continue reading →

I like to visit flea markets And poke around through other people’s stuff. Like hermit crabs, the bric-a-brac of life Will move from shell to shell, And find a space to rest Upon a mantle or a shelf, Beside a … Continue reading →

Five Haiku **** Lilies at Midnight Lily’s summer song Joyful mask of sun sweet notes Memory of snow Apple Blossom Soft white hope of May Blushing in the August sun Sweet September song Magnolia Southern summer nights. Perfume in the … Continue reading →