Long Riverfront Poems

Yet at this very moment the cathedral was crumbling
down upon the cries of foresaken refugees, 
the monastery's walls wobbling from war's wreckage, 
and as the black bursts billowed into sun drenched brutality
with the bodies of...

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He thought they could build
a healthier multinational corporation.

She felt we could grow
a wealthier multicultural
sacred cooperative network.

He led a hierarchical Council
for World Class Communities.

She bled and blended sacred incorporated cooperatives:
Green STEAM neighborhood cafes,
Green STAG (science, technology,...

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Lyle Cosgrove had worked the Silver Queen
for two years now, ever since he had left
family drama back in Ohio,
he had simply left his home and moved west.

He made a living as a gambler,
had spent months...

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This poem was inspired by the interviews by Earl K. Pollon and S. S. Matheson conducted with native Sekanni peoples who were negatively effected by the flooding of their communal homelands by the building of...

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I'm gettin' outta Piketown
I'm tellin' you Baby
I'm gettin' outta Piketown
And it's gettin' outta me 

Back when Johnny showed up 
In Eighteen Thirty-Five
The creek was full of fishes 
That fed the local tribe

This will be a...

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I strolled along the riverfront about two months ago,
when the morning sun was rising with a hazy lemon glow.
Pelicans were yawning while the wood ducks spread their wings,
and a coot had made its presence near...

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White Devil

Call it what you want!
I call it, his favorite season hunt...
Two hoofs imprinted near the riverfront.
Echoes calling my soul with a loud, ferocious grunt.

I smell it in the air, lost upon the white golden...

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(Free Verse)

How we miss those lovely, verdant scenes 
of woodlands that framed our riversides; 
rich, with hearty trees and creature life...
callously mowed down, destroyed

in name of progress and development...
deforestation...acres of lush trees,
and their creatures also...

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A breeze blows through the budding branches of
the tree near the riverfront close to a boardwalk. 
It's daylight, but through my eyes everything is tinted 
with an azure gleam.

Like a filter for a photograph, it...

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The Nile riverfront is awash with rich tones
golden sand, brilliant white water, and thriving greenery
scenery too heavy for the papyrus its printed on
the sky is ablaze with the reddish orange of iron rust
dirty yellows cascade...

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watching her play guitar
listening to her sing
first, urge for going
next, river
i smile, knowing that these may be her last

holding her and warming her
listening to julian lennon's valotte
recognizing the pattern and the theme of rivers,
we decide...

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The angels of St Paul

A kind young man, steps outside the fresh air, a warm smile, a willingness to help and serve, he asks nothing but to reach out to those who are in need....

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Cryptic contours charade,
Rousing riverfront raid;
Young yonder years yielding,
Prosperous peace prancing;
Taunting tale telling trite,
Icon imprints invite,
Clever casting charm cites...


Minds merge mingling motives,
Embalm emergent edge;
Rising riches restive,
Lofty lion-maned ledge;
Instruct inbound inklings,
Outline obvious oozing,
Niche nice new nurturing...


Fancy fish-tail...

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A Spring stroll down the River Ness
With it's sparkling water fresh to finesse
The sun above as the blue sky roams
Inverness is my Highland home

Mountain back drop with heather's and ferns
Greenery so lush, that makes heads...

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A tortoise-shell cat and a calico,
Walked to the riverfront way below.
One named Curly. The other named Moe.
Spaceship nabbed them with a curious glow.

Curly taught the aliens how to sew.
They went to a planet alive with...

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one of those days when the sun doesn't feel like shining
all by myself parked in a riverfront park
the rain takes me away like that song about the dude loving the flower girl
the difference here is...

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"The Lobster House" on the St.
Johns River in Downtown-Downtown 1950s
Jacksonville, Florida, was where 
"The Creaturefrom the Black Lagoon" crawled 
up from the deep onto a riverfront
deck to howls of derision at Hollywood 
hucksters from an...

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