Here are new poems you can read—and read aloud—with delight.

Words can become rainbows, and sweet songs, and bodacious scents, and private flavors, and early morning caresses that wake each part of you, one part at a time. I know some of these words, and from time to time I write them. This first collection includes poems about our human condition, our loving relationships with our kids and others, and the many scenes of beauty, serenity, and delight at the seashore and in our natural environment.

Some brief excerpts:

Moment

…Now she leans toward the big yellow bus,
the doors open wide—those steps are so high!—
and you kiss the back of her ear
as she leaves you standing alone,
and takes the next step in her life.

O, patient sea

…The breaking sea o'erflows my view,
it tumbles and splashes and glides to me,
I will return to gaze anew…
O, patient sea,
you need not wait for long for me.

Drifters

Holding hands, we drift to dreams and easy sleep,
our touching is a grace of love, this long embrace is ours to keep.

Essence

…We share all this space and time with…the very stones
and the creatures and the waters of the earth
and the cycles of the luminous skies of the days and the nights,
and the skittering leaves
and the very bones of all the dead.

By design, these poems have clarity and personality. There are no hidden meanings. I try to write everything in my mind, and everything in my heart, with words that plainly express everything I want to share with you.

Most of my poems are free verse, with careful use of rhythm to enhance the impact of reading them aloud. Occasionally I use rhyme when it feels natural. The challenge of writing in the traditional 5-7-5 haiku format is intriguing, and you’ll find almost a dozen in the book. ( )