Poem: Drinking for Love

She’s a beauty when I’m drunk
Like a dirty mutt in the rain
Thinking maybe she’ll clean up
And after three bathes in
I’m sober and she still looks
Exactly the same as before

Poem: Lily of the Night

Lily of the night
Blooming star shimmer pale white
I want to love you

Poem: Weather Girl

When it’s cold outside and
The rain is falling in sheets
Grey and colorless as I feel
On the inside I think about
Marie in her blue sundress

Poem: Slow Down Slow Down

Slow down slow down
She said taking a step
Back towards the edge
Perched uncertainly
Going up on her toes
Reaching towards skies

Poem: Meadow Running Deep

in the meadow i lay
down my head
next to yours
hair spread out
like a red flame

Poem: Strawberry Sweet

Strawberries red ripening in the sun
Ready to be plucked off and savored
Sucking sweetness from a deep kiss
Juices run down sun kissed skin
Pooling in the corner
Of a lovers smile
Beckoning me
To kissing
Away
Sweet

Poem: Breaking the Distance too Impossible

Out here on the edge
Where moon cast shadows
Marks the passage of time
From yesterday to today to tomorrow
In that space my thoughts wander
Where I think of you
I think I can see you

Poem: Walking Down an Old Pier Still Changing

Walking down the old pier at sunset
In the shadows of twilight I see
Ghosts sitting at the waters edge
Toes dipped into water cool for May
The heat of summer still months off
Still they linger with toes going numb
Talking and laughing over cups of coffee
Hoping the caffeine will keep them going
Until the earth eclipses the moon

Poem: Open Mic Night Connection

She looks out at the darkness
Extending past the spotlights
Beyond she can hear chattering
Clinking cups and shuffling chairs
Impatient throat-clearing waiting
Taking a big step she walks out
Stepping out onto the stage

Poem: A Masochistic Love Letter to a Reluctant Sadist

The whip licks at my back
Like the tongue of an angry lover
Leaving her blood red kisses
In luscious lines down my spine
Exquisite excitement entangled
With excruciating agony teasing
Further aggression in your anger
At my apathy lacking anguish