2:30 A.M.

awake I sniff
awake I drink a beer
awake at 2:30 am
and I like to sleep
soundly...
Semi-conscious
I take another sip
hoping to conk out
should I take another
beer?
In four hours
I have to be up?
Dog has nightmare
I hear her moan
in her sleep.

What I would not give
for a nightmare -
I would have slept!

Not in my backyard

Two feet on the ground
stomping down and up
(I bet you did not expect
this ) and
two feet dancing over
the hills of moonlight
along the Scottish moors
a sight I saw
when I awoke
at three
and I have not been
on the green hills
in a long long time
but because of my reading
the image of damp dawn
glimmered over my view
of the grass at a fairly
new moon - damp
meandering mist
from afar - in my own mind
but not in my backyard.

In the mood!

Sometimes you are in the mood
for buying something - whatever -
but you could not find anything!

Sometimes you are in the mood
for a special dish of your likening
but you could not find the ingredient!

Sometimes you are in the mood
for sex of a romantic kind
but your partner is not cooperative!

Sometimes you are in the mood
for listening to a musical piece
but you cannot find the right one!

Sometimes you are in the mood
for writing the perfect poem
but the muse is, alas, not with me!

Epidemic mobiltity

news with a twist
fast spreading
creating panic
(similar to Ebola -
only in Africa)
we - moving targets -
the "civilized world"
will be ruled
by epidemic proportions
resembling 1918
virulent mobility

Before the concert

To thee I sing
my kid of song
of multi reeds
you a beacon
of joy and hope
to thee today
break tiny notes
focus on melodious
musical scores
your inner self
and you shall reign
victorious!


To Jacob

Orpheus' plight

Orpheus with the lyre
stringing his desire
of serving an Ionian mode
each time a musician
grabs like a physician
his tools the mother lode
of the perfection he seeks
the instrument he tweaks
Eurydike's descending code.

conversation w/o words

dog lying next to me
wordering when
I tell her soon
she looks at me
are you truly my friend
yes I have to move
ok, now
yes...
in a little bit
her head down
I feel bad ...
so I have to go
since
she needs to go

Duty calls

My glasses lie next to the computer
reminding me in some way
to check on a lot of things today.

My computer is standing on a table
me realizing in some way
to get up and do things today.

Need more prodding - yes
turn the world off
start ---- cleaning soon...

April weather

Splotching drain water
with my Wellingtons
plodding on through
another grayish rain
the dog dashing fast
trying to avoid
the big puddles
she on her business
me on my constitutional
both enjoying somehow
April playing with
her own weather
- she is fickle -
we on our duty
can only accept
what she has measured out
a bountiful supply
of needed water
even though it seems
harsh on a cold morn.

spirit from oz

everywhere I bump
into your soul
bound in forever
inked and stamped
each time I look
at the ocean
your floating image
of a day in Oz
pops invariably
in front the umbra
inveigling my spirit

Scrapbooking a la 2009

Creating a scrapbook
online
is now a hobby
of mine
due to a wedding
in OZ
children and kids
because.
It kept me awake
all night
afraid it collapsed
my fright
would have lost hours
of work.
Hurrah - it functioned -
no irk,
so technology did
its thing!
All I have to do is -
pling pling!

(Un)Connected

Facebook and MySpace
fill us up
with overloads of tidbits
luring me to imagine
I stay connected -
if only for a second,
is that enough
for anyone?

World turns

Jumbled thoughts en route
weddings and grand kids
koalas and kangaroos
the ocean and rain forest
all come together
in the land of OZ
and mostly a friend
who is still mourned
today sixty... and
my world is still turning