Poem For An Imaginary Daughter
Daughter that I never had
Tugging at my arm-sleeve
From death’s still sleep
Hanging heavy as an anchor
Rooted to the tip of my tongue
Your vision riding high in the
Retina of my third eye
I toss restlessly in half-sleep
A tugboat captain throwing
You a lifeline towing
You gently through my dreams
Getting It Down Right
Leaving your home
Not wanting you to walk
Me to the car because
I’m no good at goodbyes
And you tired and me tired
And the dog, dog tired
Battling the commuter traffic
My thoughts on last night’s play
And Saturday at the park
With banjo tunes dancing inside
My head
Riding me all the way back
To San Francisco
With you on my mind
Pushing past hurts aside
Thinking of the perfect love
The kind where there is nothing
Negative to say
The kind we would repeat
Over and over again
Just to get it down right
A love so binding
It sticks to the marrow
A love so strong there
Is no yesterday no tomorrow
Just the here and now
A love that never comes with
An IOU
Love Poem
Your memory returns to haunt
me
The way you looked at me
When undressing for bed
The way the moonlight peaked
Through the window shades the
First time we made love
Leaving me feeling like a voyeur
Resting in God’s favorite easy-chair
Rain Poem
The storm
lets up
The birds
take flight
Neighbor’s dog
sheds water
drops in
sprinkler fashion
A cavalry
of children
magically appear
in rainbow splendor
Sun peeks
from clouds
Smell of spring
in the air
