Sonnet

I am the door ~ replacing Hades’ gate
I am the fountain ~ drink from only me
I am the love...

meditation on a theme by Shakespeare
…for Cherie Sumner; whose poem “Love Lessons from Romeo and...

Joining into the much cascading tide,

A deep-set kiss under saccharine stars.

Such new-...

for my Lorna

Your first words uttered were, “ Are we insane? ”
for stealing conversations...

For Jason

A touch is more than simple skin to skin

Contact with another, whose closest by...

The day comes into the night..
Where are You..
Hiding behind closed doors..
I feel...

Who am I

I am big

I am fucking big

I can destroy you

I can penetrate...

Talking, walking & Listening.

This is what we do...

. Talking, Happily, Strongly,...

A man. Who has his vice

Can pay a reasonable price

And find the center serenity in life...

for Lorna

A sun-shaft cleaves the parting teardrop clouds
Illumining those rain-stained...

meditation on a theme by Beethoven

Redolent echoes where now silent strings
still quiver;...

I don't know what it's like to be addicted to pills
But I know what it's like to be a witness it...

From which star did you fall off
Or was it from the clouds
I roamed this earth for years and...

A man defined by fell and deadly deeds
Yet tame enough to tame so fell a beast
To violently...

You raised me from a girl
Into a young woman all on your own
And every night you tucked me up...

Walking into your house
was like walking into a whole new world.
Laughter, joy, happiness,...

⏺️ Again I'm woken by your crow of anger.

⏺️You preach it would be better than today.

⏺️...