Ideas & Thoughts

Lost Words Often I need or at least badly want a wordthat has unexpectedly, like a wild bird,flown out of sight or rather out of mind.Absurd to lose a word, a word I’ve ownedfor many years, perhaps since I wasin second grade or even earlier when I reador was read to in Nanny’s lap.It seems…

Loneliness Like my old friendsmy words can slip awayunlike those friendsthey return another day We have so very many wordsa nearby substitute will dowhereas I find with friendsthose near your heart are few Modern medical procedureshave been a great success.But will they find a curefor death by loneliness?

Last Dance So you gods are disillusioned about how we treat the planetYou’ve seen wars begun by those fools who have run it The planet’s heating up and we’re slow in our reactionDue to so many dummies in the lunatic faction Before you pull the plug on us please wait,Come with me before you call…

Just Dead When I leave this mortal coilPeople mourning, that’s the styleKeep in mind what I have saidI’ll not be passing, I’ll be dead There’ll be no shadows standing roundWhen I am burned or in the groundRemember what I’ve clearly saidI haven’t passed, I’m really dead Newton and Darwin sent to usEnlightenment that caused a…

To the Fallbrook Land Conservancy I hold this land conservancy very close to my old heartAnd I’m surely gonna miss it when we will have to part When we arrived in Fallbrook back in two thousand twoI met young Wallace Tucker and his motley crew Vince and Jackie were among the driving forcesBut many others…

                           The Harbor We saw a busy port, saw ships of all sizes Comings and goings with some intended, some not Often haphazard, chaotic it seemed at the time Excited the senses, upset the plans of the past Ships with bright sails and…