In Tidewater Virginia in July, 2017, Max Stewart unloaded from his SUV a nine-foot inflatable dinghy, then pumped it up by foot. With him were his cousin Sally Angland and her university friend Simon Grant. “What's this crazy trip about?” Max asked. “As...
No glory, only pride You played your part in a theatre where so many died On foreign soil, a strange language Memories of the old country in your heart Again and again you took to the air I can barely imagine your bravery The noise, the engines, guns If y...
The transition is almost complete. I can feel it. Soon I'll be adjusted to my new age. It's been a difficult three years. I fought against it. A good fight; but I've run out of weapons. I'm adjusting quickly to the occupying forces. Of elderly forces. Of...
As time passed It could be truly dull and grating tediousness It was the same The same over and over again The world lived and was Life lived and died It passed in deliberate inertia As did this simple race called human Until The warping of time truly be...
Sun-dried mud on youthful faces. Waiting for the shrill sound of whistles. Rolling thunder, foot by foot. Sending earth tossed to heaven. Drips of crimson foam splash mates, along the trench lines. Orders barked with the shrill whistles. "Over the top boy...
A crystal hourglassAs the sandsFlow inside makesThat every secondThat every minuteThat every hourThat every dayWasted precious time A measuring timeBy the hourglass,That contain tinyGrain of sands.Dictates your timeWill have controlOver your life What wil...
In an earlier life, a woman once remarked to me that it was good to meet a man who was proud enough of his name to write it so others could read it. I don’t know if she was flirting or not but, as you can see, I remember her telling me this. Last Friday w...
To my loving and skeptical daughter, OMG. It was just a joke. You knew it was. I never intended to be taken seriously but somehow everyone but you took me seriously! Now I’ve gone and done it. I’ve won the billion-and-a-half-dollars lottery with a donate...
Scamp, the monkey, and her friends love to play games on the farm. Their favorite games are chase and hide and seek. The family farm has lots of great places to hide. The sun peeks over the horizon and the alarm goes off. Lady wakes up all the sleepy anim...
Spooky people come out to play.This is now your special day.Scare the other folks away.Spooky people play! Monster people come out to dance,Tonight will be your perfect chance.Caper, spin, stomp, and prance!Monster people dance! Witch-y people grab your b...
I stand still, silent but for my breath and the sound of my heart beating, the warmth of the sun on my face as I look straight ahead. I look down and place my feet in the exact position I need them and then, standing straight, look sideways over my left s...
Dad was at work. Mom was at the grocery store. Her sister Em was at a friend’s house. El sat on her bed, playing with her kitten, Shadow. El had a feather on a string, and tossed it out like a fishing line for Shadow to chase. Something sounded from outsi...
The line at the funeral parlor led out the front door, around the side, and down the street for three blocks and was composed primarily of men who had come to pay their respects. The civilian men wore a white shirt, dark jacket, dark pants, and a white na...
Ain't no bogeyman in the hayJust you and I wanting to playAin't no spell to drive me awayJust love in the north fortyOnly dusk can keep me at bayWhen the fog falls on the quayJust me, Get ShortyAnd Little FauntleroyAin't no bogeyman in the hay The only th...
