After the ethereal wind stopped
and the ocean receded,
I learned
fences have no meaning.
Keeping people divided,
really does not work.
Walls,
between neighbors,
get knocked down.
After earthquakes,
hurricanes,
floods,
fires,
lines disappear.
Walls fall,
fences break
down.
People step
up,
over boundaries.
They help,
reach out.
We should know …
2016 Annual Poem
In the news, this year and now appearing.
the sparkling snow and white tail deer,
with a distracted camper no longer peering
… through his telescopic lens aperture.
Meanwhile, dashing through …
The 1996 Acoustic Poets’ interview on Cable Network TV, with Paula, Carol and Zoe, is now on YOUTUBE!
Take a look at these Poet To Poet episodes …
What roads diverge in my soul,
of love and desire.
To travel on a wooded road,
to make camp and read poetry
by a warm fire.
I’ve told people I’m a counselor,
a craftsman of words.
But …
Love Poem
Let me gently hold your heart
blowing warm air into it
like a burning fire,
stoking the lingering burnt embers
that lay beneath your sole.
As I fan the heat inside you
you’ll taste my …