I began writing poems in junior high and had my first published poem included in a book of poetry at thirteen. No matter what kind of writing I do at different times in my life, I always find my way back to poetry. Here are some poems from years past. If you enjoy any of them, let me know and tell me why.
American Haikus and Six Word Short Stories
Poems from 2024
I often use poems to capture, develop, and express the emotions of characters in my novels. Most my 2024 poems tell the story of Kyle and Isabelle from my novel “The Dangling Conversation,” or Issac from my novel “An Unsustainable Life,” in poetic form . . . whose says you need ninety-thousand words to tell a story.
- Shattered Pieces
- Quest for Camelot
- Whatever is Required
- Misdirection
- As the Wrong Story Unfolds
- Against a Raging River
- Gift of My Heart
- These Things I Tell You
- More Than My Lover
- Anam Cara
- Kissing You Awake
- Winter Morning
- Unanswered Question
- Reconnecting
- Worrisome Dynamic
- Resolving Troubles
- Last Night
- What Wind Wants
- Starts, Stops, and Misdirections
- Always Leaving Girl
- Playing the Card that Cannot Win
- Descending into Hell
- Goodbye Girl
- Poker Face
- Who Wins the War
- Watershed Moment
- Forever Girl
- It’s Easy to Find
- Relativity of Time
- Cycling on Smiles
- Loss of Love
- Dulcinea
- Day After Today
- Reuniting
- Scattered Cobblestones
- Masquerade Dreams
- Good-bye Paris
- How Do I
- I Came to Paris
- A Bientot Mon Cher
- Do You Remember
- My Good Name
- All We Can Do
- Last Look at Love
- Color of Cold
- Morning Serenade
- Gentle Whispers
- INTJ-A
- Love Locks
- Lingering Touch
- Fool’s Destiny
- Solitude of Silence
- Enough For Forever
- Is Love Possible
- Lies We Tell Ourselves
- Friends with Fate
- Restlessness of Water
- Darkness of Our Distance
- Silhouetted Sadness
- My Year of Being Happy – coming
- Dangling Conversation – penultimate piece in waiting
- When We Meet
- Subtleties of Sunday
Poems from 2023
- Long Days Journey Into Night
- She is Wind
- Cries of the Innocent
- Poems, Prayers, and Promises
- Don’t Look Out Your Window
- Where You Are
- Roubaix Challenge
- Unwritten Poem
- Angel’s Share
- A Still Small Part of You
- Escaping Sadness
- Banishing Fear
- Uncharted Territory
- Wilderness of Regret
- More than Love
- I’ll Wait for You
- The Finality of Forever
- Fight for You
- Dulce Noche Mi Sympatico
- Cowboys Aren’t Supposed to Cry
Poems from 2022
Poems from 2021
- Desert Rain
- I Weep for The World
- Are Dreams Alive
- Chaos of Life
- What Comes Worse
- First Snow
- Recipe for Life
Poems from 2018
Poems from 2017
Poems from 2016
- Love and War
- Dawn of Discontent
- Tengo Caricia
- Trumpeter of Krakow
- Calculus of Causation
- Fiesta de Albuquerque Por la Manana
- Secret Police
Poems from 2015
- Aroma of Memories
- Quiet Desperation
- Angelica
- Social Nullification
- Happy Hell
- Old Oaks
- Americans for a New America
- Derivation of Destiny
- Madness of Memories
- Passions of a Padre
- Prelude to a Touch- 1
- Prelude to a Touch – 2
- The Ancients
- Decoding Demons
- Death is an Illusion – short version
- Death is an Illusion – long version
- Infinite Sympatico
- In the Land of Mañana
- What Happens Next
- Damaged Goods
- Casualties of Context
Poems from 2013
- Bourbon Etiquette
- Chaos of Syncopation
- Al Azar
- Quiet Acquiescence
- Sympatico
- Doc
- Old Friends
- Winter of Discontent
- Rule Zero
- Agenda Seven
- The Fifth Estate
- Viva la Revolution
- Four to a Flush
- Crescendo
- Dia de los Muertos
- La Dolce Vida
