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    Bitch On A Leash

         She was totally unaware of what was about to happen. Once she crossed over the threshold between outside and into her home, I appeared to her out of the shadow sitting on the couch in the living...

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    My Poetic Knife

    Resting restlessly within the dark of its sheath,my poetic knife feels expressionless.When so, it wants to be drawnand plundered into the white of the page.Then it wants to cut through the emptinessand carve out beautiful metaphors.The blade will glint...

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    Voices In The Wilderness

    Just speak to meand you’ll gaze into thewilderness behind my eyes.This wilderness,lush in dreams,barren realities!As I open the gate for you,I sit and listen white-knuckledto the voices within my mind.The further you trek in my mind,the closer to summery...

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    • Great detail. The suspense and direction this poem goes is alluring. Nice work!

    • Nice slide rhyme and repetition…

      Solid imagery in [pioneer’s compass]…

      I had a new idea for implementation
      of imagery…

      Do something like a Carlos Williams
      Red Barrel…

      Like just insert in…

      In a unique and strange way…

      Or do such a thing at multiple
      sites in the poem…

      Perhaps with multiple separate
      images…

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    Heaven Can Wait

    Heaven can wait…Death a distant thunderstormwith lightning strikes far offannouncing its distant presence.Suicide is not the answer.I do not want to hurtthose that show compassion.So, I’ve decided Heaven can wait.

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    Gentle Thunderstorms Within

    There is a soothing storm within.  Gently, thunder booms from my heart.Gentle heartbeats make emotional wavesand I cannot stop my feelings for her.There is a teary deluge within.My tears, the wine of my loneliness,which intoxicates me until I’m love-struckand...

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