I Can See It in My Daughters’ Eyes
Published in California Quarterly/California State Poetry Society (2020)
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“I can see it in my daughters’ eyes,
when I talk to them about this every night.
I can see the fear....they’re taking it all in.”
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The Year’s Gone By, the Thought Never Dies
Published in Time of Singing poetry journal (2021)
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I only wish there was a chance to say good-bye.
The year’s gone by, the thought never dies.
I wrote to you, the place I went, the book I read,
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And the Sky Will Be Blue
Published in Ibbetson Street (2021)
Inspired by the song and lyrics of Bailero.
Shepherd, are you having a good time?
The meadow is greener on our side.
If you can’t sing Bailero,
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I Don’t Know Why
Published in California Quarterly/California State Poetry Society (2021)
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I don’t know why it came in search of me.
I don’t know when or how it came.
It came in the light or dark, I couldn’t see.​
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Oh Tides
Published in Ibbetson Street (2022)
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There’s time to retreat, time to arise,
time to reveal, time to disguise.​​
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Feedback from Harris Gardner, Editor of Ibbetson Street:
"Oh Tides," a poem in rhymed couplets, blends the imagery of ocean tides' ebb and flow with the ebb and flow of human emotions and the human condition. There is a certain potent force at work in this poem.
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The Answer
Published in Chronogram magazine (2022)
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By now, you think you know what there is to know.
What you don’t know, you never will know.
It is not new that the tides are turning,
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Passion
Published in California Quarterly/California State Poetry Society (2023)
It is hard to keep quiet,
as it is very close to the end,
and no one knows the ending.
We’ve all been here before,
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Poetry, a Beauty
Published in Main Street Rag (Spring 2023)
Poetry in the air, in the dirt and bug,
in the butterfly’s alluring dress,
in the little squirming worm and slug,
in the old shoes and all the mess,
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Yesterday
Published in Wisconsin Review (2023)
“It was like yesterday,” riding bike to school
under the sun, playing with buddy and chum,
hit a home run, kick and score a goal;
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I Still Remember the Walk
Published in Christian Science Monitor (2024)
Fifteen and a half years ago,
right after I flew back
Edge of the Beach
Published in The Avocet (2024)
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Kelps are tired of being at the bottom.
Untangled, surfaced;
telling us his deep, dark story.
In the Basho Temple
Published in Acumen (2025)
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It all started with a violin lesson;
navigation of hand, wrist on the bow,
When "Horseman, pass by"
Published in Reach Poetry (2025)
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I heard a voice,
it stays vibrant,
even if there’s very little to rejoice.
