Landrunner Bird

                                          Copper wire        24 inches long         2008

On leaving

life's enigmas
one by one
falling day by day


puzzled laughter
from within
crumbles things away


the past is gone
the things we knew
gone forever more


our time was good
a page in a book
we always will enjoy


always ships
when e'er they meet
send out the word "ahoy"


1979

Wheelcat

                                          Found materials                   2012

Windsong

rain is falling, cool and calm,
and the day yawns on ahead,
the bliss of comfort is a balm,
and yet there looms a dread. . .

birds atwitter, cats lie low,
and slate grey clouds float by,
thoughts run rampant in my mind
from low to keening high . . .

a storm is pressing its warm nose
across the Yucatan,
a hurricane is spawning there
as quickly as it can . . .

September  2004

Moons of Pisces

                                          They swim amid the moons                          2012

looking at Lisa . . . .

mingled notions come and go
complex thinking sometimes show
passing fancies sometimes yield
secret messages revealed
your eyes are those i often see
when sometimes Lisa looks at me


your mouth moves when'er she smiles
while i plod the road of miles
her presence makes me think of you
a mirrored image, through and through
blue thoughts ,blue skies, 
blue hopes, blue eyes


1978

The camo frog