Black Gold

In the dusty plains of Texoma, Where red dirt lays its claim, Many a man has fought and died, with shovel, pick, and spade.   Some from wealth, while others poor, Though most the same as stories go, for theirs was that of tycoon games, silver chains, and towers of bright orange flames.   At […]

Old Man Bird nest

Enlighten me the old man prays. My old habits,worms in the rain,my old hopes,children that aged. And from perched outside upon a withered oak,a birds nest responded,a comforting reproach. Look at me here,sticks, hair,once bright flowers,dulled by the years,drafts and leaks,crowned with sharp little points,this is my makeup,faithfully joined. Sticks and hair,their ambiguity entwined,a bedding […]

A Postulating Profligate

I’ll have one drink.You said that last week. I’ll stay to play cards.You’ll stay until beat. I’ll walk home with a buzz.You’ll walk down the wrong street. I’ll sit to chat.You’ll pay for the private suite. I’ll never go back.You said that last week.

Some Gave All

Look how white they areLike rows of blunt shark teethAs if they’ve been filed downIn protest to draw bloodThe cadaver’s silent demonstrationA picket sign whispering a nameInto a field of forgiveness

Anthropological Mind

Close your eyes and travel back,  Experience the human past. Awakened consciousness,  Lizard brain turned infinite.  Clothing covers naked flesh,  Protecting from the elements.  Woven leaves or sheep’s wool,  Berries, honey, bellies full.  Seeking ever new labor, Care for family and treasure,  Gather, nurture, wonder,  Inspire every member.  Shaping wood and stone shelter, Building stronger […]

Ave Springtime

The season of life, primavera,  A time for making memories,  For learning from our histories,  And applying sound philosophies. A businessman becomes a poet, A shuffle left to right,  A pretty day provides a way, To feel a muse to write.  Inspiration is a wondrous thing, Not forced or malretrieved, A gift indeed fit for a king, True […]

Don’t Fool Yourself

To fight is to die To walk is to lie To bow is to crown it yourself To run is to end before it begins To look back is to tempt your fate Thus the might of the sin Relies on your whims And its chance to negotiate

Especially for Someone

Beyond crescent wave of ocean tempest, palm trees bind our beauty, and against the skies of blue bright Saudi, your eyes azure, dreamy, pastel wishes, make that very sky seem cloudy. That jetty night of fog horn echoes, the rustling static of the blanket, your skin a lighthouse from which each freckle shown a glow […]

A Moment of Ambition

Embrace the time of thoughtless yearning, Its sleepless cry of exuberant pleas, At dusk it beckons for a triumph, At dawn it hides its face and flees. Count the change of life’s thread burning, In rest the stalemate has just begun, When tired eyes open in fervor, Midnight promises come undone.

A Christus Victor

Unfurled ten fingers, like the tine in my palms, their reach a commandment from Sinai, cast out from tips an ending to the lineage of man’s own sinful failings. To ages of ages I can not age, an illusion of growth by my own strength for when I lift to take a breath an inch […]