All poems and stories

  • First, a poem

    Everyone wants to be first, to win, to be in front. Many will sacrifice much to be one of the first to own new things. Number one, the winner, trailblazer and trendsetter. Yeah maybe, but taxing and unsustainable. Simply see each day as the first and live a little. All things first becomes memorable facts;From…

  • Drawings of my dogs

    Hause, Danny and Sally are adopted. Hause is a 9 year old male. He is very houndsome. Sally is 5. She does not like to be groomed, but loves to cuddle. She has a very intense stare. Danny is 7. She is a character! Smart and beautiful, and she loves to talk (bark) to us.…

  • Rat race, a poem

    Everybody wants to be happy. To be happy is to be joyous, excited, filled with a sense of well-being and often with new hope for the future. It is a good feeling. But it is a feeling only, so we find ways to experience this feeling. Sex, drugs and rock and roll gets us through…

  • Self, a poem

    There is always a conversation in my head. Sometimes more than one. Often I hear my mother’s voice, other times that of my father. Mostly it is just me. I am always ready to call myself names, to diminish my achievements, to call myself fat and ugly, and even dumb. Deep down I know I…

  • Hans and Sabine, loving life