Long Snugs Poems

Preparations for 'Luau' (LOU-ow) or a Hawaiian Party-like event, for a church Luau, would be a 'Ho'ike' (hoe-'E-kay). The hunters will tie the hind legs of whatever animal will go into an 'i'mu' (E'-moo), which...

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I wish I had a male man who was around my age, not married, not in a relationship, very understanding and willing to accept my imperfections.

I wish I had a male man where our communication...

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Our four-legged furry daughter Reva bid us a farewell 
She went on her new journey wagging her tail
God came to take her during her sleep
Took her to his magnificent land to run around and leap

She...

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Miles past the nightstand
over the plastic water bottle.
the Ambien pill dispenser
and the soul-bruised eye shades,
an arrhythmic clock 
ticks like a bombed-out tank.

Of course there is the lampshade
(that lighthouse for the luminescent krill
of submerged consciousness)
that seems...

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Friends may cleave and leave at will,
foes may scold and scare us uphill.
Love goes on when we learn and know
that pains and gains are part of the show.

Men and women are configured for connection,
and also...

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I heard it from an anvil
the metal brookside churning
and fire brass inferno
that later took my silence inside a broken shadow
I heard it from an anvil
he spoke of words unweilding
like protozoa brooding
and elvin skin and tatoo...

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Don't oppress yourself to 
impress all men,
why depress yourself, 
dying in life's den.
Only cocks should crow, 
dear mother-hen;
express with your eggs, 
shun ink-less pen.

Luminous are thy lips, 
colour-laden,
they glow but within lies 
the burden;
sunlight lavishes...

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