Fear Eve Poems

We braved the night and torn 
into tomorrow your eyes concealed 
deception my rapture captured 
silence as my catholic beliefs 
withered my spoken vows began...

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I let my dogs out at midnight,
And sat down to write.

There was an explosion outside,
And my dogs tried to hide.

They hit the back door raising...

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Journey Journal Page
NEW YEAR’S EVE 2023
For Ann


Here on the verge
The old year droops
With weary sighs
As distant highs
Fade in odd scoop
Can joy emerge?


Here on the verge
Last...

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In my sanctuary’s hush, Poe’s tales I clasp,
Into his world, I plunge, a breath, a rasp.
Beneath the creaking floorboards, a heart's pulse
In my mind, it...

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When angels war against Lord of the Flies,
     and saints oppose profane demons of doubt,
the skeptic, cynic, and the worldly-wise,
 ...

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A serpent poured soothing wisdom into Eve’s ear 
For her to eat gnosis fruit for unborn Seth 
So its seeds were entombed in her soul...

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In Ongata Rongai's club, a memory song weaves,
A tale of Newton Karish and daring thieves,
Late '90s, New Year's Eve, a lively show,
A sold-out crowd, in...

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If twilight birds are on the wing
we too, must leave this restful place
before the shadows fall to earth.

We can no longer hear them sing
and moonlight...

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One Dewy morn in month of May
When meads and green were half asleep 
The breeze was filled with blooms and hay
And by the lake were...

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I live in a well
How deep I can't tell
this is not my choice
I am not stupid , I can hear your voice
Echoing off the walls...

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The family here and reminiscing.
Hats, horns, ready for midnight kissing.
But no, not this year, not meant to be.
As sudden high winds  tore through our...

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ALL HALLOWS’ EVE>/center>

I ventured out one Autumn night
And came across a gruesome scene.
A sight that made me flee in fright.
I had forgotten Halloween
A ghost appeared...

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All Hallows' Eve

Among the graying clouds and autumn moon, 
Above treetops, shadows on the moonlit sky
On broomsticks racing by,
Black silhouettes of cackling witches sit.

Lights out...

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Ghastly sights on the day of the dead frighten me,
Zombie ghouls from the grave will arise from afar
With a howl and a scream sodden ghost...

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I can see the tops
of almond trees tinged
by a setting sun,
a vast column 
of starlings overhead
and hear their whirring wings
as they head home
to roost. Feel
the...

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