Celebrating Five Years On Eons
posted about 1 month ago | 4 comments
My first day as a member of eons was on December 24, 2006. I remember being so happy at finally being able to find a place online where I could share my thoughts and interests with others of my age. I created as well as joined many different group...
A Year Full Of Wonders
posted 3 months ago | 3 comments
Becoming a member of The Massachusetts Poetry Society, winning an honorable mention in the first poetry contest I ever entered, giving my first public poetry reading followed by three more, attending the Massachusetts Poetry Festival for the first...
Vision Of A Swan
posted 5 months ago, updated 2 minutes later | 2 comments
The following poem was inspired by a dream I had while taking an afternoon nap. We all have dreams that come and go that seem to mean very little to us but we also have those few remarkable dreams that make a deep impression and won't go away as i...
For You In Your Sorrow-A New Poem
posted 8 months ago | 2 comments
(This poem was inspired by Mary Oliver's poetry)
For You In Your Sorrow
You, in your sorrow, believe
that the sun rises for someone else,
never for you. The world is cruel
you say. Nothing can save you
from your pain. Is your sorrow
so deep that ...
For You In Your Sorrow
You, in your sorrow, believe
that the sun rises for someone else,
never for you. The world is cruel
you say. Nothing can save you
from your pain. Is your sorrow
so deep that ...
Merwin's Magic
posted 9 months ago | 5 comments
Last night I had the privilege of attending a reading by W.S. Merwin one of the few remaining great American poets. The reading took place in the auditorium on the campus of Phillips Academy in Andover Ma. I’m glad I found a seat early because it ...
Something To Celebrate
posted 10 months ago, updated 1 minute later | 5 comments
I have just found out online that I am one of the winners in a local poetry contest and that I will be expected to read my poem at the awards ceremony on April 16 at the library in Beverly, Ma. I don't know if my poem was one of the top three winn...
Thinking Of You While Watching The Evening Star Ri
posted about 1 year ago | 2 comments
Thinking Of You While Watching The Evening Star Rise
(for my niece Debbie who died yesterday Feb.7 at the age of 55)
On your journey to your new life
may your soul as it rises shine
with the radiance of this star
now rising in the darkening sky...
(for my niece Debbie who died yesterday Feb.7 at the age of 55)
On your journey to your new life
may your soul as it rises shine
with the radiance of this star
now rising in the darkening sky...
Pilgrimage- A Poem On My Spiritual Journey
posted about 1 year ago | 4 comments
In matters of the spirit he sought
his own way to the light. Jesus
and Buddha were guides not
masters. Rumi and Blake
were frequent companions
on his search as were Emerson
and Thoreau. He read and reread
the Proverbs and Psalms, for their c...
his own way to the light. Jesus
and Buddha were guides not
masters. Rumi and Blake
were frequent companions
on his search as were Emerson
and Thoreau. He read and reread
the Proverbs and Psalms, for their c...
Return To Concord
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
Return To Concord
On June twenty-first I celebrated my sixtieth birthday by revisiting one of my favorite towns in Massachusetts. The last time I visited Concord was over twenty years ago. I remember going to Walden Pond and also Sleepy Hollow Ce...
On June twenty-first I celebrated my sixtieth birthday by revisiting one of my favorite towns in Massachusetts. The last time I visited Concord was over twenty years ago. I remember going to Walden Pond and also Sleepy Hollow Ce...
You Look Like A Poet
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 2 hours later | 2 comments
I spent my afternoon at the annual literary festival in the nearby city of Newburyport and came home with a smile as I remembered the words spoken to me during my short conversation with one of our country's best poets after he had finished his re...
