Strength in Proving

The Wisdom of Emily Dickinson

Childhood Portrait of My Father

Rilke Translation & Prompt

Say, I Am

Rilke Translation

Silent Friend

Midwinter

It has snowed overnight
& everything
is bowed
by the weight
of purity
falling on the world.

Going Blind

Rilke Translation

Going Blind

Irish Eyes — A Life Cut Short

A portrait. A construct. More product of imagination
than man
yet here…

Pride

Pride is the enemy of our better self
I have to say it time & time again
yet still they remain stiff & proud
as I once did

The Last Butterfly

Eight short years was all it took
to chart his course from 
cradle to grave — 
everybody mourned
a life cut short yet…

Nocturne No.1

Cherry blossom drifting
down the lane
final fruit of another season
while in the darkness
we treasure such
winged memory of light—
of…