Poem: Ruby Red Lips

ruby red lips
full of vitality
a pained reminder
of the ravages
age upon body

Poem: Found in Plain Sight

Slender paper burning
Wisps into the Kansas night
Carrying away my memories
On thick dank fumes

Poem: Pumpkin Persona

from vine to gourd growing
big and round and plump
perfect orange better than my pumpkin kin
a testament to fall
waits in muddy field

Poem: Only Ash

The girl with ash-colored hair
Sits among the ash trees
Wearing the sun like a halo
As she waits for a train
Carrying her absent lover back

Poem: Still Beating

Hand to chest where I can feel
The rhythmic beating of a heart
That still pumps and beats and
Lives inside my body even when
My chest feels empty and my heart
Hurts from the invisible wounds

Poem: Colors of Fall Fades

disappearing now
nature’s color fades to brown
fall silence sets in

Poem: Arthur

Fates be blind
Still in the dark
They still do find
Courageous souls

With word and shield
He lead his men
Battle in field
Their glory won

Poem: Stones Throw

The stone skips smoothly
Across the waters surface
Sending out ripple after ripple
From each place it kissed

Poem: Harvest Moon

early dark of fall
fills night with a loneliness
as we look eastward
for the coming harvest moon
signaling celebration

Poem: Number Ones

I can feel you watching me with private eyes
Wanting to take me up where we belong
Where all night long we can share in love
No more love on the run for the two of us
We built this city of passion between us
Amanda and I don’t ever want to leave