Sad Rispetto Poems

There's a field nearby with words written in stone
Ash set in then blew away; like fallen snow
Planes came in dropping bombs till all atone
Following, guns...

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Happiness eludes you when you feel lonely,
overcome by depression and self-pity.
You want to fit into your new life, except,
you're all alone in an uncaring city.
You...

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When the moon casts its silver on the sea
And the cold waves echo their monotone 
I remember because you walked with me 
Of a time...

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Suppose all around you suddenly vanished,
And you realized you were standing alone
In the twilight of your years feeling banished
Like a pilot-less, rudder-less, helpless drone.
You knew...

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He's a scared, shivering, sad and lonely soul,
today's version of a disposable man.
Panhandling on cold city streets takes its toll,   
and he's devolved...

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I pass those old pine trees in the park often,
where we liked to just lay talking-   holding hands;
I stood frozen when they...

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When With Closed Eyes In Autumn's Eves Of Gold

HARK, when with closed eyes in autumn's eves of gold,
A wink ere throws saffron sparks straight together,
When...

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My place has no ceiling but an azure sky,
where sunshine rain and wind washes over me;
in winter I gather up the snow and sigh,
my mind...

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Then
A domestic drudge, Pam had cooked countless meals
She laundered his clothes and hung his shirts just right
He walked ahead as Pam remained at his heels
From...

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Lady of the Spring


     Ah, Welcome vivacious Lady of the Spring,

     Cautiously woken from thy long Winter...

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At first they were in love, but soon he preferred
those sexy curves of his cute blonde employer
The divorce rate’s soaring I recently heard -
see forlorn...

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she is my sister.
he is my brother.
  she tough me how draw.
he tough me how to play the computer.
she tough me how to sing.
he...

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City streets spew fire on sunburnt July day.
Dabbing sweat from brow, I meld into paved sea. 
Mick cries out "Angie" from quaint corner café;
slowing steps,...

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When life seems hard and you are down
Sad lips are in an awful frown
Turn your focus inside outward
See what others are all about
Then you'll find...

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Sadly she sits on her brand new couch with ease
Sitting elegantly in her midday dress
Her wine sits on a table, it seems a tease
She looks...

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