All poems and stories

  • Three days of our lives, a poem

    Sometimes the past will not stay where it belongs. Often we find our thoughts return to past events or experiences, and it disturbs and disrupts our calm. Maybe this means that there is something to be learned from these haunting memories. If only we can separate these recollections from the accompanying emotions, enabling us to…

  • You, a poem

    When I was young, I was a bastard, and I loved it. I barreled through life often with disdain for others, selfishly seeking my own pleasure and desires. I enjoyed being arrogant, I hated being wrong. I looked out for only me, ignorant, self absorbed and shameless. This little verse deals with that self-concern. I…

  • Nail, a short, short, short story

    The nail was forged in 1972. At 3 inches long with a flat head it was meant to be used for asphalt roofing. It was dispensed into a bin with a bunch of similar nails and was eventually used by a roofer in Miami-Dade County in sunny Florida. Here it held down a roof shingle…

  • 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.…