2003May01 (Poem) From the book of unforgotten sorrows I lament my departure From the light-filled being I once found With you. It no longer matters If the star I see Is from crawling through a tunnel Or falling down a hole That your radiance, Even when just a glimmer Incites me to live Inspires me…

2003May06 (Poem+) I am in love. Or in light. There is a visible – blaringly visible – delicate glow that permeates all that there is. Lightening strikes a spiral ripple in this lake of emotion; there is the same wellspring at the center of our lives; the same spark or glimmer – am I insane?…

2003Jul12 (Poem) [no date, may be Jul19] Comfort day – Shabbos morning grace Exceptional beauty Sophisticated stride Place of indulgent words and drink Love in all even as she walks away A gem’s value may be it’s flaw But the light comes from it’s facets Introspection is a hall of mirrors All ways the labyrinth…

2003Aug04 (Poem) To think that words are not hollow Shells or fragments of unmanifest thought Vessels empty of action To think how full the void. Resonant sound from a plucked string Wine breathing the same air that floats a ship Or makes snow even as it saves a skydiver The void sets an eagle adrift…

2003Oct11 (Poem+) Saturday Much madness is divinest sense to a discerning eye – thematic, anorexic solitude is not blindness but distance as if an eagle has a more objective view from high above reality – what changes, what reality so different when I fall back to the earth! Personal truth is inherently subjective, our dreams…

2003Oct12 (Poem+) High mountain morning sun Wind swept, textured sky Aspen chatter, fire crackles And even coffee can’t break the stillness that is everywhere. I worry about money, my dogs, my teeth – but I just need someone to love me. This unspoken solitude must be destroyed – if not by God then by a…

2004Jan14 (Poem) Wednesday Clarity Organized thought Loveless dissolution Integrated half-truths Solemn vow Unspeakable secret

2004Jan22 (Poem) Thursday Indeterminate Veritable attributes Of the queen of cups Found in every woman A word of hope In a lexicon of sex Is flirtation Anticlimactic Because She’s not here Like each sparkle In every eye Emanates from her And I have walked Trudged across a spectrum From ‘anyone’ who will To here where…

2004Jan23 (Poem2) Imagery is deceptive or it wouldn’t be beautiful Penetrated Punctuated Exercise in writing without words No need for idols Surreptitious and Sublime Insidious fiction Folded with a crease Mountainous Madness Tense and pretentious Pretense Born ugly And naked And empty Set in motion Toward a desired end Covered up Thinly veiled crack in…

2004Jan23 (Poem3) A premonition Peacock to proud for it’s own self Feathers stretched to the limit Phoenix twisted flame Chrome delirium A bluff behind her tambourine smile The sun never rose And yet the silence must end Heirlooms of reason Thrusting smoke within Ineffective vision Won’t wait – Won’t win by staying in trial

2004Jan23 (Poem) Friday Idle as a Tamborine smile With only a flash Of an unmanifestable Dream It’s that monotonous trudge That takes you an extra mile Away from inevitable collapse Implosion An incarcerated scream A self-destructed vagabond Leaning against a pole With a sign that reads “Move on. I’m one you’ll never know” And an…

2004Jan25 (Poem) Memories of Arizona [Native American Flute] Solemnity Torporous silence Breaks away from solidity Becomes flightful In a sound that reflects the echo The void The vessel of music Sparable being

2004Jan27 (Poem) Tuesday Appreciation Something broke tonight. The thinly veiled lie Concealed behind her tambourine smile, Flashed a bolt of truth, and died. Revealed by a syrum of pride, Alcoholic echoed screams, Pretense filled with stilted words, And too many unfulfilled dreams. Baby can’t scream so loud Baby’s trying Baby’s crying Baby’s hitting tonight

2004Jan28 (Poem) Empty promise of rest In a tipped over bottle Washed out, washed over Rain floods as a door slams Unclean like a puddle Of fresh blood blown through the screen And there was no value anywhere But for the substance of worthlessness Not much left to share [Finish later]

2004Jan29 Thursday Rumors and reputations Kind glance, contemplative stare The events of last night Still cause my soul to recoil I am not lost this morning In my deviated routine Different place, different coffee Same notebook and pen I am home Trepedatious and tenuous Like a sprout newly born Delicate, maybe frail But firmly planted…

2004Feb13 (Poem) Friday It’s autonomic Non-egocentric There’s a pulse To be found In the spacing of the text A letter has more than one location Or it would just be a design And that spiral beat Is like a photograph Of a thousand words Now with twice as many syllables Meaning out of control And…

2004Mar16 (Poem) Tuesday Particulars…. Blurred and blended sweet nothings Rearing and ready to bite Hollow core, solid feel Gives way to an anticlimactic release – Several meaningless lies were told out of hope (And an unspoken hopelessness).

2004Apr18 (Poem) Sunday Mixed blessings with the computer – Transition time with writing and life…. Just beginning to understand (see) some of my rhythms and cycles…. Streamlining, organizing. Today’s thought: Emotions are the evolution of love. Whose heart feels me…. Being in thought, action and deed Love sleeps in a quiet breath – No need…

2004Jun~~ (Poems) Interruption To sever the ties that bind To break the chain To destroy a link or bond Security Unfettered Discretion Leticia I love you forever Dear God, I pray we’re together again. Forever Love Block of self indulgence Love and lovers; Sex and intimate touch; Regard, respect, honor, and trust…. And what of…

2004Jul10 (Poem) [no date, approximate] Narcissus Kisses trail down like rain Heavy fall of lightening No spark – no piercing the veil Touch like cold steel Left in the sun Under falling rocks It was near a sign that read ‘Slippery when wet’ Tasting old books Or washing clean pans Might suffice on a grey…

2004Jul13 (Poem) White water White noise White light Shredded from oneness Void – like tears or rips Whistle pressure imploding Turbulence and separation Sound from silence Release of attrition

2004Jul19 (Poem) Monday (The Butterfly Factor) Inhibiting lucidity Blaring and bleak With intensity Cohabited stone-yard Isolated island Flung through space Eruption from the point of no return

2004Jul27 (Poem) Frail looking Hollow skin or flesh Cheap or free connections Never gifted Until the veil is lifted Dissipates a fog-like lie In an instant – an eternity A discerning eye Caresses the senses Then makes up its own mind It must be love Or there’ll be hell to pay Refresh dormant ideas Sullen…