High as you are is the strength you owe:
the hand that reaches down to lift...

As I age the animal inside quietens
yet still arouses for...

Tear runs down a sallow cheek
aged body lies in the bier...

Social ingenue
she’s as brilliant as the sun...

Dog naturalist
observes squirrels achingly...

It’s a Grand Day Sir
(Shackleton’s rescue of his crew from the...

I was in college
buying dime bags, never thought...

Other people’s problems
come like ghosts in the night...

Children’s emotions:
the canary in the mine...

un sospiro respirato da due
Afterwards, when our love was young...

All travel may carry its dangers
whether driving the Mid-East...

Isn’t it foolish
to keep crossing these bridges...