Son Fire Poems

I went for my early morning run,
just me and my young son.
It was to be a lot of fun,
then home for a hot cross bun.
We...

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Grandfather, Father, Son- three legends are:
they served their City service very well.
From 30s through the 80s, each a star;
as Firemen- many dangers each befell.

Three generations...

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iv.
By Thanksgiving, their machinations no longer discreet,
Voices from the walls and vents, betrayed their deceit.
My family revealed as demons in flesh-and-blood guise,
Christmas Day was the...

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i.
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even my spouse.
My wife and son lay silent, all tucked...

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For Claire Christine | 10.3.211 From Mommy



They say that I'm a monster-
A Hellish sort of thing.

They claim that I am evil- 
that pain's the only...

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Fire came out of  the grave of Prince 
Ruhongeka ( Luhongeka)  Ngengethe Mussabwa. 
After the killing of King Mussabwa Kamango by
 the Colonial army...

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Encomium for cumulative collection of trash

The pyromaniac within yours truly
beckons sacrificial ritual
mine burning (man's)
sacred plastic bags
of rubbish (comprised of: hairs combed,
ditto trimmed from dead head,
filthy...

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There she was, silenced; in the hush of the night,
By nature's decree and the will of the almighty divine's right.
Upon the pyre, her form ablaze,...

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Impossible mission to sleep on opposite side of marital bed...

Oddly enough even 
when frolicking in the autumn mist
with seasoned super tramping 
cheaply tricked out goo...

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Wants And Needs

Your heart is a porch with a barbed wire fence
Armed guards and hounds drawing lines of defense
Used to sit there with you and...

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In a place where hearts don’t mend
There were dreams that faded, never waiting
For the light to fall across their night, there bold, black
Fear, the apprehension...

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Inviting, Inspiring, Igniting
Flames, burning away all the past,
Stirring up the fresh and new,
The breathless music of truth

Amazing, Abiding, Awakening
Hues of gentle, serenity
Quiet reflections like blessings
Stilling...

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In this commercial world we live in,                  ...

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A young child's first kiss will be with a puppy or a kitten,
as she gets older the kiss could be written.
A boy puts the first...

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Which fire is Eternal,  
Ignorance always mislead millions of people on earth, 
Don't  astonish when you find some psychologists, philosophers, scientists worshiping Fire, Animals and...

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