An Ithican queen

Dressed in linen and despair

Who will string the bow?

 I sing of the thaw

Of the cracking and melting

From ice to liquid

 The politician

Just tripped over his own words

With no place to land

When fear breeds anger

 And anger festers to hate

Then domination

 A bitter morning

He didn’t know he would die

And rise in honor

 When the seen is blurred

And all is refutable

What space left for truth?

 The Tragedy of Alex Pretti

Vengeful Achilles 

Dragged fearless Hector’s body

For all Troy to weep

 A tender ratoon 

Betokens a fresh issue 

New life from a stalk

 Who would count the blooms

Or find one best of the rest

Each makes others glow

 Lucre means little

In the company of stars

As the space expands

 Colors in the wind

Headed west on the ridgeline 

Poppies on my right

60 Years Ago in America

 Instead of sharing

City swimming pools were drained

Then filled with hatred

 Leaping limb to limb

Rascals - rogues - and scallywags 

Squirrels in springtime!

 In my faded hat

And boots dusted from the miles

On another trek

 Stormy Saturday

Thunder and white hot lightning

Music on the porch

 Decency dispatched

The men in masks are restless

Justice left to bleed

It needn't be hard 

Necessity is simple

Love can make it so

 There's another meal

Buried out back in the yard

The dog will know where

 Night sky infested

Abuzz with perilous force  

Mosquitos and drones

 

The heliotrope

Frail and subtly purple

In love with the sun