Politicians…

 

Married  

to the sound

of their own voice

 

Divorced

from those

who elected them to serve

 

Philanderers

of a

bigger truth

 

Infidels

in the end

  —only to themselves

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2013

 

 

Those of us who give nothing

  ask everything…

    —from those who give it all

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2013)

Music…

 drowning the words

 in false harmony

 

Honesty…

  lost forever

  inside the verse

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2013)

I lose myself over and over

  before finding my way again

 

Promises surely I will break

  pieces—my heart to mend

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2014)

No more book fairs or tours
no autographs signed

My words are my gift
the privacy mine

No talk shows or fetes
New York Times to eschew

Questions unanswered
—my thoughts unreviewed

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

His spirit denounced

 his body on fire

 

His words rechristened

 —the past but a liar

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2018)

 

Sculpting with his words,

  the verse carved through the silence

   —until screaming loud

 

(Haiku Alliteration: Villanova Pennsylvania, Jan. 2014)

 

To live on inside the hearts

  of those you’ve loved

 

Is life

  —beyond your dreams

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2013)

The River….

Passing water

Through time

Its message

Deliverable

Beyond the millennia

Beyond the confusion

  —beyond

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2013)

A Bigger Threat

 

Incompetence…

  much more dangerous than corruption

    —when skillfully applied

 

(Note To The President-October, 2013)

 

    A Greater Wrong

 

Within a lesser right

 there is a greater wrong

   —begging to get out

 

(Villanova Pennsylvania:  Watching the 60 Minutes

 Episode on Benghazi – October 27^th, 2013)

 

 

    Implacability

 

As our resolve hardened

  —the viewing platform changed

 

  (Villanova Pennsylvania: October 28^th, 2013)