A Platonic Love Poem He remembers the plot,The characters, the essenceOf every Zane Grey bookHe has ever readSixty or seventy years ago. I cannot recall the plotThe characters, the essenceEven the title, of the bookI read yesterday I am old.Eighty-six next birthdayAnd he is eighty-eight.I can outrun him(Well, out walk, I should say)Each of us…

Haiku Pale skies are bluer nowShades of spring setting inBut where, where’s the green! Haiku You and me at CostcoCosto card saves moneyWe buy twice as much! Today’s Haiku Broaden our horizonsBook flights, a car, room, toursToo tired to travel Today’s Haiku “If I get through March…”My brother was born in MarchAnd he died in…

A Platonic Love Poem (prompt) He remembers the plot,The characters, the essenceOf every Zane Grey bookHe has ever readSixty or seventy years ago. I cannot recall the plotThe characters, the essenceEven the title, of the bookI read yesterday I am old.Eighty-six next birthdayAnd he is eighty-eight.I can outrun himWell, out walk, I should sayEach of…

Prayers uttered inAny language, divineCommunication Angel food cake has A hole in the middle andWhite swirls of frosting Silver Blver birch leaves fallBrown and crinkly, acknowledgingUpcoming season Insomniacs unite!Better to not sleep than missThe morning sky at dawn A raven swoops down Lands on a sundrenched snowbank Croaking, “Nevermore!” African violetWater its roots, sunshineBuds pop…

Not sure if FB will let me publish this post? It was on the news tonight that they have come up with a new mor humane method of implementing the death penalty in some US states. The whole concept creeps me out. I remember when the death penalty was removed from the justice system in…

When I was about twelve and my brother ten we asked our mother whether she’d ever learned anything at all about her father; what country he was from and how and when he died. Mom had been regaling us with tales about her childhood in a Victoria, BC orphanage where she and her sister were…

The House With Nobody In It By Joyce KilmerKilmer wrote this poem in 1914 and in April 1917, he enlisted and was deployed to Europe to fight in WWI. He would not survive as he was K.I.A. by a German sniper’s bullet on July 30, 1918 in France. He was 32 years old. “Whenever I…

There is a lot of discourse this time of the year as to what Christmas is all about. I think we all can agree that , first of all, the holiday celebrates and commemorates the Birth of Jesus Christ. All else is trivia. But the trivia is important too. For a short period of time,…

The othe sometimes it is hard to feel.(Love) And when you want someone to feel it, it can be impossible My friend Claire wrote the following: if you truly believe Love is in there at the centre of your being, then the reason we can’t feel it is due to distraction. If we look at…

Go placidly amid the noise and haste,and remember what peacethere may be in silence.As far as possible without surrenderbe on good terms with all persons.Speak your truth quietlyand clearly;and listen to others,even the dull and the ignorant;they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons,they are vexations to the spirit.If you compare yourselfwith others,you…