Here I am … So alone. It’s practically calm In the air. I can’t see anything … It seems so lonely and dark. It’s getting colder, I am so...

Every night at nine my father put on cowboy boots and barn jacket and took the lantern style flashlight to check the horses. Filled water...

I’m not sure about the need for war. I’m not sure Whether we return when life is done. I’m not sure How the internet works, much less...

A hillside in vibrant color ablaze feels the warm caress of sunshine fingers stroke every tree, bush and rock in its path as the sun...

Tell me naught of your name. Tell me naught of your occupation, Or of your life story. Tell me naught of your childhood. Tell me naught...

Forest rain is the best rain. It feels like where rain belongs. The drip from the trees; The blanket of leaves; The soft mossy ground...

The most Beautiful Word might be ethereal, or mellifluous … But the most Wonderful Word in the Thesaurus has to be, "Let's." Let's go,...

We follow the bends of the Merced River out of Yosemite. Lupine blooms along the roadside; periwinkle-blue clumps, scattered in the...

Sitting in the sun, with a sigh... A Catcher of Dreams am I.... Dreaming of Pleasantries passing by... Just as cotton whisps are blowing...

When I lived here as a boy, there were three giant Maple trees in the yard, including one On the corner of Sixth and Jefferson. Later,...

The campfire awakens With a soft Sigh Of pleasure. Two or three quiet cranes Dance on invisible updrafts, And their shadows On the canyon...

I want to become a shooting star in the night sky To move so fast that I become nothing A flash and a burst of wind the only signs of my...

My grandmother and I both crack our toes and read until we fall asleep, book in hand. We prefer the company of loved ones, books and...

Remnants of you stick in my gut like bad barbecue. Pain cuts keenly as a sharp edge of rib. Your laugh echoes in my ears and imprints of...

Friends forever! Friends together Can change the weather, They live so happily. Though they might get in a fight, They end up peacefully....

I have a safe kind of fetish But it is powerful and tugs at me often: Pale skin the color of milk fresh from the fridge Does the most...