Bucket List
This poem discusses different ways to approach the last chapter of our lives, advising against making and adhering to bucket lists.
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For a New Old King
A description of the coronation of King Charles III, as seen on TV by American tourists while in England, expressing a mixture of awe and concern.
Chalk Dust
This is an airport poem. We spent some time enjoying the delights of the Newark, NJ airport this past week, after a lovely sojourn with my relatives in the Philly area. This is an airport poem in the sense that it was composed in an airport, mask on, surrounded by a sea of humanity. Weather …
Wishful Thinking
This Pride Month poem contrasts the degree of tolerance and recognition of equality in the world of our wishful thinking versus that, in the world we live in.
In Kind
This is a circle of life poem, in which a baby plays the usher at a funeral, and takes the dearly departed's place among the living.
Our Selves
This poem considers the dichotomy of mind and body and how essential each is to our connection with others.
Crazy Quilt
This rather gloomy poem laments the passage of time and the sourness that we sometimes feel when confronted with what we have, versus what we expected.
Future Lands
We have all been through months and months of difficult events and conditions, from COVID to impeachment, from job loss to natural disaster. Who doesn’t long for escape? And those with a few years under their belts may long not only to enjoy again, but also, to have the the energy to enjoy everything thoroughly! …
Beyond
This poem has to do with the unbelievable situation many of us seem to find ourselves in, where up is down and left is right, where very little in life is predictable or easy. We find we are wide awake, but we cannot believe what we are seeing. The expression “Beyond the Pale” in …
Jacques
This poem takes inspiration from a YouTube rendition of Shakespeare's Seven Ages of Man speech, and observes how harshly the Bard critiques us in his works.