at the end
of a long night
of blues
Lucille still
whispering in my ear

- for B.B. King


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irish pub
our accents
grow thicker

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children's zoo
the first exhibit
my kids


cattails Jan 2015, Editor's Choice

enduring
as the falling
rain
her masterpiece
in sidewalk chalk


Undertow 5

only my
imagination stirs
night winds


cattails, Jan 2015

unable to shake
last night's dream
day moon

all I caught
was the bush behind me
and the ire
of my father snipping
down another hook

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