STORM (on Navy Ammo Ship)

Wrangell
roll over
and go to sleep

the ocean’s
green and
dark blue deep

your towering
sky
surrounds your zoo

while lumbering
slumbering
plummeting screw

Wrangell
roll over
and go to sleep

that ordered
promise
you cannot keep

it’s brought
us over
on down the brink

of heeling
over and
into the drink

‘tis too much
strain for
a floating dorm

the mighty
swells of
the ocean’s storm

now into
the water
the animals leap

Wrangell has
rolled over
and gone to sleep

Snippets

saying goodbye
is not half as sad
as never saying hello



oh Harry
I should have married
Tom or Dick



I go naked to the laundromat
because I am cheap



world tomato
red and ripe
soon will rot
bacteria



oh bless all these people in this car
says the little statue
crash


oh my God you’ve wounded me
but that’s all right
it’s OK
I already had a scar there

Creek Road Out Buildings

Acrylic Painting

9" x 12"

Admonition

my ears
are stuffed
with elbows
pushing their way
into
my creation

Last

this is my last poem
of the summer
and it has everything
humor
sarcasm
sadness
tragedy
comedy
wit
rhythm
rhyme
slime
religion
you just name it
and add it to the list here

Essence

check your watch
for ticking
see if your heart
is beating
observe the river
running
watch the birds
a flying
hear the drummers
beating
and the bumble bees
buzzing
and the roosters
crowing
watch the people
living
watch the flowers
growing
corny isn’t it?

Untitled

my toes hurt
from red hot ingots
placed upon them
and in the dirt

for moons and moons
I will go
upside down
upon the waters

for hours and hours
I will sing of daffodils
and lazy Susans
and blueberry pie

come let us climb
upon the totem pole
and down the other side
and into the ground

hooray for the birds
and flying turds
and everything
with character

for I will praise
the doggy days
when everything
is rosy poesy

but fluke!
dark clouds
are crashing
into the meadow

minute by minute
hour by hour
day by day
moon by moon

Hope Ridge Pond 2

Acrylic Painting

9" x 12"

Philmont Park

Acrylic on Canvas

14 x 11"