Monthly Archives: June 2018

I stood beside you in a dream Saw your hand raised as in greeting And a smile lit your beloved face; Then back to childhood did we seem Transported, although such meeting Was in an undefined place Where unobserved details … Continue reading →

Tomorrow it will all be gone –This room prepared two weeks agoBy Cliff and Ellen and Rachel.The Christmas tree lights twinkling in the corner,Hanging symbols of greenery, lanterns, wreaths;The accumulation of past decadesLeaving a purpose of family unityAnd the memories … Continue reading →

A poem’s called for in the month of September; Now if you give me a minute I’ll remember What the occasion is all about – Yes, now I recall without a doubt, Seventeen years ago on this very day Her … Continue reading →

The generation that begat me Was neither good nor bad But to make my departing statement I’ll need to get my specs out to see What it was my generation had. It wasn’t easy nor meant to be But if … Continue reading →

Pieces of us, yes us Were cosmic dust Millennia ago Until a unicellular scrap In a carbon wrap Changed forever what we know. What followed were sentient creatures From a chemical formula made. A trend That led to a content … Continue reading →

While you were emolliently gentle yet firm I was confrontational and needed to learn; You finessed while I attacked. From this amalgam came results And I could see in retrospect How you shaped my prideful, stubborn ways, But cannot see … Continue reading →

‘Say goodbye to ‘Little Ma’ and Aunty Ada, now.’ It’s time for our Grandmother and spinster Aunt to leave. We are old enough for a peck on our cheeks And a sixpence is pressed into each palm. Our thanks are … Continue reading →

I built my dreams around you And now I get along without you Because you are gone. I lived my life waiting for you And my dream came true But now you are gone. I knew you were there to … Continue reading →

My alter ego spoke in my young days That all about me should bend to my will And I knew how to laugh But to smile was a weakness until I met a smiler and started to grasp That a … Continue reading →

I thank restraint within my busy mind Where age has curbed the ecstasies of youth And stilled the mental anguish, undermined By re-routing the awkwardness of truth, To banish isolation deep inside Thus raising high the placid surrogate And place … Continue reading →