Neo a cappella

each ending we encounter

signals a new beginning

each experience plants a seed

from which future triumphs grow

definition #3 poems

modern poems are one-day pads

HAIKU #2

avalanche

white noise

a freshening wind

spring storm

family reunion

rogue elephant

a fanfare from their trunks

it's just business

a death poem

been there

done that 

GEOMETRY

the major thesis in geometry

is that only one straight line

can connect two points

distance between them

is the basic metric

the distance between two lovers 

is zero

if it is measurable at all

unrequited love

is like parallel lines

that never meet

can Pythagora's theory

help solve

menage a trois?

is congruence enough

for a dating service?

FOOL'S GOLD

The envelope looked official

You are approved for $10,000

I spent it all on a shredder

SEPTENDECIMALLY

from spiracles

in the dimpled surface in earth

around the base and roots of old trees

rise the red-eye cicadas

from a nap seventeen years

LOOSE ENDS

under and over

in regimental and school colors

giving duty and honor its due

and justice too

SUPERMARKET

The cashier was sad.

She was worried about carpal tunnel

And her kids.

About how to keep in touch with them

She had seen everything on the

conveyor belt

And her kids had seen too much

too soon

Would they answer plastic or paper

To the bagger's request

IN THE PAST

Reaching behind me I see

a childhood to remember

for its light and beauty

parents true to me

Brothers and sister

aunts and uncles

plus grandparents

always there for me

Stories shared round

and round the family

the smell of freshly baked bread

laugher most of the time

Hard times faced with unity

pride and proud-ness

for each new generation

solemnity for each passing one

A past to be held

in memorial by deeds

worthy of the family name

and its tree

Strongly rooted in courage

and dignity for all

True to its coat of arms

"Respect for all"  

CAMEO

Life is a series of transparencies

Waiting to be printed

Portrait or group

Still life or moving

Black and white or color

Crop or WYSIWYG

Air brush or untouched

Framed or dry mounted

Matte or glossy

Panorama or portait

Kodak or Fuji

Digital or analogue

The print is life

As some see it

You choose

It's your legend!

HOLD ON

hold a book

hold your water

hold your breath

hold your nose

hold that note

hold that pose

hold your hand on your chest

hold her 

hold him

hold on

hold on 

hold on

hold on

hold on

hold on

hold on

hold on

hold on

hold on and

on . . .