Long Look out on Poems

I.	  The Settlement

          Hickory bark bluffs
          at the blend of two 
    ...

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Years ago I wrote this poem to help me understand my god…
To get it straight inside my head…
as I watch what’s happening in God’s name today 
I think it’s time for me to remind myself...

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Just a quick note to say why I haven't been on the soup. I had a little accident in the house and my migraines kicked in. Now, the poem.

Rise up so early in the morning,
the...

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The following is a tribute to Vincent Van Gogh, the amazing artist who died of his own hand in 1890. He died, tragically alone, and in obvious pain, unrecognized and unappreciated by the people of...

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Grab your gun, check the amo. Lock it back. Take a look out on
the world and fade to black. Go berserk. Lie your
conscience in the dirt. Let the pain and the anger do some
team work....

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The paddlewheel unloads people,
tourists who were out on a cruise,
above the docks and the gift shops
the brown palisades come in view.

(The canoes draw up on the beach,
Iroquois out looking to trade,
in the fort the merchants...

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Does the utopian human not salute, 
The ideal person, right and sensible?
Which psychologists can easily foster and describe,  
In certain personality models which are not dispensable? 

The utopian human stands to beg, 
The question...

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It’s something that I have noticed
through pretty much most of my life,
a strange malaise of spirit
that somehow just doesn’t feel right.
As if we’re just spinning our wheels,
as if we have beaten the game,
no great mission,...

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To the gallant ‘remain’ I direct this refrain; to the hearts and great souls I see there; and maintain.
That we are not so much different that not all is estranged;
We both yearn betterment in so...

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In a window down on Main St.
Sits an old pawn shop guitar
Its strings are like a slinky
And its finish has been marred

But when a dreamer has a vision
They keep shooting for the stars
It's not about...

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I stand by the water, a bottle in my hand.
The spirits help me face another day.
Think about my wife and kids and do not understand,
How I walked out and threw it all away.
Look out on...

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All my life I’ve been blessed to be in the unique position of watching children play.
From when I was a recreation aide in high school, to being a parent
then a teacher and now, in the...

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6.   Matsukaze 

("Noh" is an ancient Japanese style of 
drama, broadly similar to Elizabethan
tragedy.  "The Wind in the Pines" is
my version of a well-known Noh play.)

Despite 
the vigil I kept, night on...

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Starless night, a fire ahead
upon a wind sheltered hill.
Drizzling rain and steamy breath,
I feel the yearning for you.

Lighted by the flickering shine
you seem to be nameless to me.
But your words, your versant vein
recall the charm...

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Have you ever noticed how life is like a pendulum…swinging to and fro..
continuously moving between opposing forces…wherever we choose to go?

As I look out on the world…at this constant fluctuation…this unbroken sway
It seems to me...

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It was on the eve of Sunday, November 2nd, 1834
The day grew dark and gloomy like it never had before
Island sounds in diminish, a hush befalls my ears
The community of Amhuinnsuidhe was about to enter...

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All that ever was is all that ever will be
   and its pass of years washed to the sea.
O’ death is woe, and I am as I feared
     alone...

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I think when it comes to seeing beauty in the world…
one of the best things that’s ever happened to me…
is to have been born with blurry vision…with eyes that can’t clearly see.

When I look out...

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When the world is fraught with fear and danger…and I find it hard to cope…
I allow that same world to remind me…there is always hope.

I see hope as each new sunrise brightens up the morn
I...

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Watching a sunset the other night accompanied by a cool Atlantic breeze
I remembered something my granddaughter once said…
and I got down on my knees.

We were also watching a sunset when I heard, “PopPop pick me...

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I'm flying so high
I don't remember why
I was ever on the ground
And you know, it doesn't matter anyhow
Because we're all circling around the sun
And he's having himself so much fun
Exploding in warmth 
Exploding warm

Look out...

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We’ve all lost or will lose someone we love…a family member, a friend
and we all know when that person dies…our love for them will never end.

We’re lucky our creators and Mother Nature have chosen to...

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When we open our eyes to the world we can see her beauty everywhere.
from the colors of the trees to the birds that populate the air.

When we open our eyes to the world and see...

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The Lonely Cowboy

I think I'll pack it in & buy a pickup head out to L.A.
 A seed that I planted in this pile of debris has suddenly blown away
 Borrowed pews to sing the...

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Christmas and the holiday season is a time to look back
and…while at our life and our memories we gaze…
to relish our family…our peace, our love, our happiness…
to be astonished and amazed.

As we look out on...

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