Verbal

irrigation

streams

that rush and flow

Tributaries

far and wide

messages

in tow

 

Watering

the wasteland

Arid lulls

retreat

Freeing what

the silence hides

and reticence

— defeats

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

 

Can a dreamer

be bigger

than the dream itself

a source of hope and pride

 

Can believers

be stronger

than love or hate

when circumstance denies

 

Can pilgrims

make choices

to keep the faith

when stranded in the wild

 

Can orphans

adopted

embrace a name

— that births tomorrow’s child

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Route 66

 

The death of the road

— the birth of a dream

 

(The New Room: April, 2025)

 

 

Live More

 

If you’re light

on experience

your writing will suffer

 

Like clay

to the sculptor

— or drummer to the band

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

 

Old enough

to be your

Grandfather

Young enough

to be your

Friend

 

Wise enough

to see your

Greatness

 

Where time

and tide

— depend

 

(University City: April, 2025)

Let’s cut right through

the bombast …

your camouflage of words

And redefine

the essence …

of what you’ve never learned

Your double-talk

pontificates …

to lure and to distract

Whose lies deride

wherein you hide …

 from what the truth exacts

 

(The New Room: February, 2025)

Betrothed

to the moment

Estranged from

the future

Present

to marry

All time

— an affaire

 

(Dreamsleep: April, 2025)

Tempests of

inclemency

Cyclones filled

with pain

Tornadoes come

and go at will

With nothing

to remain

 

Caught inside

their whirlwind

Whose spin to wreak

and hurl

A demon vortex

roaming wild

Destruction

— to unfurl

 

(The New Room: April, 2025)

Strutting

in place

Message

defaced

Words left

to spew

Bombast

in view

Worshipping

mirrors

Begging

for fame

Image

debasing

Vanity’s

— claim

 

(The New Room: March, 2025)

Science …

 the bounty hunter of poetic wisdom

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)

Caught at

a crossroad

duality

reigns

Closing

you off

or opening

lanes

That choice

staring back

in the distance

provides

A new

destination

or a place

— you can hide

 

(Dreamsleep: March, 2025)