Other You will use my madness To give me pain – you, Who speak in the guise of truth And wish me ill. Have I not pain enough Fo...

EPITAPH No longer to eat this bread of Earth, Will I taste a richer bread, Will I sit again at someone's board Or will stone...

Night Singer (for O.T.) I saw the full moon take a last sip of ocean wipe her lip on a cloud and slink down an elliptical alley our ma...

REFINISHING A BOAT IN MORGAN'S GARAGE (rebuilding a vehicle, repairing anything) They huddle together, dozens of squashed cans ...

  ------------------------------ ---------------- The Wise Man Bridge   I’d heard about a bridge from the time I was a girl. ...

12 NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS 1) Accept the fact the possibility of love     no longer exists.     You’re a monster. 2) Try not to ...

Geo’s New Adages  (monostichs) Impute unto others what you deny in yourself. A pinch of strychnine saves clothesline. An ad...

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Singing Bird Haibun “Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes,  and the grass grows by itself.” Basho It is not a stee...

Poems from a Previous Me – 1968 (Thoughts on the War in Vietnam)     Mary Lou Nielsen I. Dylan Thomas Breathes Again Summertime...