White Stones Silent
in In Memory Poems
o the vast lawns of white stones silent....
as a sparrow tends to her new clutch
only in engraving they speak soldiers' names....
in In Memory Poems
o the vast lawns of white stones silent....
as a sparrow tends to her new clutch
only in engraving they speak soldiers' names....
in Religious Poems
Of humanity's many members,
of smoky mountains standing in the clouds,
of the heavens You sprinkled with an infinity
of stars,
in Animal Poems
Kings and queens of the timberland,
their pups learning their royal birthright,
running, running in freedom's natural gift,
as the winter ochre moon rises above the
in Spiritual Poems about Nature
Of her gifts of nature,
once pristine flowing streams,
her green and blue majestic presence
in the infinite universe.
in War Poems
When I met the tall and amiable Vietnam War veteran,
my shyness showed,
yet, my throat dried and tightened when he softly
spoke the words, "The war never goes away."
in In Memory Poems
North Carolina ballerina,
sweet lady of the Piedmont,
she, so sterling,
died from the selfishness
in Romantic Poems
I ask of the night why it slips into my bedroom and
extinguishes Earth's light,
He replied softly, "I'm a jealous lover and my shade
of evening lies down beside you, as we bid the
in Christmas Poems
Stepping through the pine and holly wreathed front
entrance of the homeless shelter,
as a Christmas Eve snowfall decorated the city,
I carried a fresh turkey,
in Romantic Poems
Summer lover's moon shyly enclosed in
silvered clouds,
a honeyed recollection-
white caps of memory waves,
in Christmas Poems
i dreamt passing through eden's bidding gates....
walking down glittering roads
a gathering of charity's lifted souls....yuletide