Philosopher’s stone and elixirs of life Were desired in past Middle Ages. Past middle age, a Chapman-blessed wife, I longed only for wisdom of sages. Evolving through chemistry, wedding and birth A family must contrasts enfold, Embracing new members for…

The strange Muse for the poem below was the swirling turmoil in our nation: police brutality, racial and gender injustice, purging Confederate monuments, global climate change, social distancing — all seem to be at a boiling point in the midst…

Love knows how to listen To kindly lend an ear To all that wants revealing Both gentle and severe. Listen to the voices Listen to the hush Listen for the nuance Resist a need to rush. Listen with perception Listen…

the world entire is a midsummer and you will be there spritelike, chasing the firefly lanterns. they beckon you here, and there; there are few obstacles to your inner grace. you freely overlook the outer stones and inner hedges. yet…

What will it take to soften, To relax our bitter stance, To set down our unyielding views, And give goodness a chance. How can we blur the edges, Of our illusions snug and dear, To make way for new vistas,…

I see you, Sweet Viola, With your velvet smile so bright, You touch us with your splendor, And lift us with your light. Whisper your quiet wisdom, As direct as you are coy, Call us to your beauty, Tempt us…

Hardship shapes our Being, It marks our DNA, It orients our choices, And forms our everyday. Some call hardship to them, Some push it away, Some clutch it like a mantle, In the middle of the fray. Hardship is a…

Riverstones Behold the beauty of river stones, These elements smooth as eggs. Just so does friendship mold our souls, Edges slowly rounded in the wash of time. Small separate words, events, places, hugs Make up the stream, but behold! The…

Sewing seeds contented, In the garden of my heart, Gives me reassurance, That love will do its part. To invest in ‘All Is Well’-ness, Is a choice beyond my fear, A firmly laid foundation, For all that I hold dear.…

Where are you, Tender One? I am looking for you and I sense you near, Calling you closer, Though it seems you are hesitant to show yourself. I understand. I know you have shown yourself many times only To be…