Poetry

Poems

Recent poems, old poems, and in between.

I. Recent Poems
II. Poems (1975–1985).

I. Recent Poems

What is a poem but an abstract expression of a thought resonating for days, sometimes weeks, sometimes years.

Saving Liberty (Apr 30, 2022)
A sonnet for Liberty’s murky days in the harbor.

Spring, Belatedly (Aug 10, 2020)
After reading poems about the arrival of spring, I wrote this on Easter Sunday. A cento for a pandemic.

Cult of One (Mar 7, 2020 in Scribe)
Where they sway, but never dance.

Going Back to Chicago (Dec 18, 2019 in Scribe)
A dog’s eagerness to have you home again.

A Butterfly Kissed Me Today (Oct 29, 2019 in Scribe)
A brief encounter on a sunny fall morning.

A Weekend-Runner’s Stratagems (Jul 22, 2018)
Confronting training mileage.

II. Poems (1975–1985)

Resurrected poems from an earlier era.

9 Notions for 9 Months (Dec 23, 2020 in Scribe)
A poem about experiencing life on earth.

Unannounced Visit (May 3, 2020 in Scribe)
A walk through wintry weather carrying a load of anticipation.

The Fields Shine From This Hill (Jan 13, 2020 in Scribe)
“What is it you want from here?” the bug inquired.

Pleas to a Poet (Nov 11, 2019 in Scribe)
A conversation with a poet

A Perched Linchpin (Oct 12, 2019 in Scribe)
Those surreal moments just before you turn out the light.

Cold Dance (Aug 11, 2019 originally in P.S. I Love You — Poetry Sunday)

I Ride the Ocean Waves (Jul 24, 2019 in Lit Up)

I’ve Got a Secret (Jul 1, 2019 in Lit Up)
I’ve got a secret that nobody knows.

The Man With The Black Leather Cap (May 27, 2019 in Literally Literary)
Unruly brows of wisdom whorls, sagacity in tanish fingernails, double chin of gumption.

Spring’s Snow Globe (Apr 27, 2019 in The Weekly Knob)
A snowburst on the first day of spring.

Moon to Monoceros (Apr 18, 2019 in Lit Up)
Star gazing, looking for that unicorn.

The Night (A Love Song) (Mar 30, 2019 in Lit Up)

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