Poem: The Fields

Poem: The Fields

THE FIELDS I was playing croquet Outside the other day, With the senior league, Everyone wearing white, So elegant, limbs lithe and alive, Fending fatigue, The weight of hot and humid Sarasota air, With the sun now falling, much easier…

Poem: War

Poem: War

WAR I am the only one alone. The others in my kingdom Have heraldry and always Three comrades at their side. Although the Court Jesters Have only each other. But I alone am alone, always alone, In a dungeon, in…

Poem: Escape Artist

Poem: Escape Artist

ESCAPE ARTIST The sea surrounds me, Deep, dark, and cold, So black. Blending into the starless sky. I drift in silence, alone and calm, After the scrape of keel on stone. Then suddenly A piteous plea, A sound from someone…