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A Poet's Last Request Read my words upon the open road, where youth's horizons flash as mortality melds with setting suns.

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  A Poet's Last Request

  3/11/2012

  Read my words upon the open road, where youth's horizons flash as mortality melds with setting suns.
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  Decade

  9/18/2011

  An expression of the unimaginable choice forced upon those who fell from the World Trade Center Twin Towers on September 11, 2001.
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  Swing

  5/2/2011

  My mother and Osama bin Laden.
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  Beauty IZ

  4/22/2011

  A short poem for Israel "IZ" Kamakawiwo'ole.
• Words

  12/5/2010

  Words as WMDs: beyond first strike.
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  Sweet Tea and Sanctuary

  11/28/2010

  For my grandmother, who welcomed all my friends and laughed when I called her old woman.
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  Thanksgiving: 2010

  11/7/2010

  A tribute to David A. Reinstein, LCSW, turkey lover.
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  Deadbolt

  11/1/2010

  A short poem of the rarity of escape from lie and regret. A companion piece to Casino * Casino * Casino.
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  Casino * Casino * Casino

  10/27/2010

  Casinos, jackpots, addiction...then devastation.
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  Release

  10/17/2010

  John Lennon's 70th...belated thought.
• Wall Street, the Rabid FOX, and Granny Clampett

  9/26/2010

  Granny's wise response to The Rabid FOX in her henhouse, both owned by Wall Street.
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  9/11: Peace Without Flower

  9/11/2010

  Another 9/11 haiku.
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  Legacy: Homo Sapiens Purple

  7/2/2010

  My entry into the AC Yahoo Purple Haiku Contest, and 4th in the human Legacy series.
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  Human Legacy: Homo Sapiens Sagan

  6/13/2010

  The third in a series of short poems about modern human legacy.
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  Human Legacy: Homo Sapiens Sacrivicious

  6/11/2010

  The second in a series of short poems about modern human legacy.
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  Human Legacy: Homo Sapiens Celebrity

  4/26/2010

  The first in a series of short poems about modern human legacy.
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  Corey Haim: Silver Bullet

  3/17/2010

  Haiku for Corey Haim.
• Missionary

  2/21/2010

  Missionary...a short poem.
• Genius

  1/30/2010

  A short poem about human genius.
• Soulmate

  9/6/2009

  Sleight of hand over truth, trust the illusion, breaching the core, embrace confusion...
• Beyond King's vision

  9/20/2008

  Haikus about the upcoming election and its cast of characters.
• For Sale by Owner

  9/14/2008

  My parents' search for a home in which to raise a family ended here. A large yard for gardening and playing, the surrounding farm fields and nearby lake fostered my deep connection to nature. They chose well.
• Iraq War: 5th Anniversary

  4/20/2008

  The soldier cradles the comrade's soul as betrayal scents this last embrace...
• Closure

  2/23/2008

  Truth as beauty promised and beauty rarely honest were woven into souls...
• A Young Actor Dies

  1/24/2008

  This haiku reflects another aspect of what many may think and feel when confronted with such sudden, public loss.
• Perhaps

  12/9/2007

  Perhaps no livelier stage exists than where first curtains call, young actors bend to ovation's dream as critics forge the walls.
• Collecting Vintage Fish Salt and Pepper Shakers

  7/25/2007

  A guide to collecting vintage fish shaped salt and pepper shakers from around the world.
• HOMELESS

  7/10/2007

  The yacht and mansion moguls clung to their vaults and golden masks, while jeweled evangelists sold the flock and traded sin for cover.
• DEATH

  5/28/2007

  A perspective on death written in Haiku.
• I Left You There

  5/13/2007

  I remember the day I left you there, when we left the home you had known, I remember the day you sobbed in the chair, and I wanted to take you back home.
• Kentucky

  5/11/2007

  From ancient blue ranges smoke and mist curled upward with an early morning chill.
• SANIBEL

  4/13/2007

  To fundamentalist terrorists, whatever they may wear, wherever they may hide.
• Lincoln Dreams

  4/13/2007

  As the muskets rust in dampness, as each, we turn away, I embrace the bitter peace.
• The Last

  3/28/2007

  No Summer, hot and green, no Winter's chill unseen
• SANIBEL

  3/22/2007

  I dreamed of a place where sinners were free, where believers resembled the dead.