Family Cinderella Poems

She tired of being a step,
The toil and aloneness.
She dreamt of being a princess
Before midnight.

Sadly, only frogs arrived,
Their magic never tricking her,
Damning her to shine,
Under...

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ECSTASY

 O morning breeze of West and South Asia

 Let my soul sip sherbet
 From your breasts like lily of the Incas 

 Nightingale of...

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Her independence deferred
          History wipe, silenced in denial 
       ...

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New Shoes

"Grandpa, my shoes are too small, 
or maybe my feet or too big?"

"You are going to be ten foot tall, 
if you don't stop...

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Giving thanks to you Father
We knew you cared
I AM always there
Embrace your life
Our Lord rejoice
Gave thanks for the gift
He has kept you with
Showing another
The way...

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Propaganda
  
It is a cold day, no more sitting on the terrace
watching ships sailing by and dreaming of the old days.
With little to do,...

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Buying a car

I have read and published some of my old poems
what I write these days is more about the everyday
Gone has the mermaid in...

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Cinderella's Christmas Snow-Ball
Once upon a bright snowy Christmas Day
Cinderella wished to go out to play
A snowball fight or skating, she would like
But the sad lass...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Super stud 
Enjoyed life with many lovely buds 
Watched the angry surf 
Feeling the need to protect his turf 
When all of a sudden Ma...

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Our Tree

The green tree in the box, 
kept in the attic, 
is in pieces. 
Not because it is dead, 
or firewood, 
but a project
to be...

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The Making of Cookies

The lost art of putting, 
flower, sugar, vanilla,
and cream together.
More than small cakes, 
a distance…
far past “home made”, 
to the sheer land...

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Hand Made Things

Small things made my ready hands, giving of themselves and their time. 
Time; their very lives, a measured existence between birth, life and...

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Mirror Mirror

Do not lie. I know that you want to. 
I know that you may need to.  
I am broken, and soon…
You will be...

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The Queen

I sometimes thought she was a mystical creature from another time... 
The way the butterflies enraptured her body that day.
They were drawn to her...

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