Four of My Short Poems ...

Published in Poetry Garden Books, Indianapolis Poets’ Collection, August 2014

Greater Than Foibles

He uses a

yellow kitchen towel

            the way

                        you or I

                                    would use

                        a paper towel.

            There is

no discrimination.

May 10, 2013

My Voice

(Published in non-shape form.)

                   Rattling

            box

        of

            quivering

                             vipers

                                       turns

                                                on

                                           me

                         exposing

                   my

underbelly.

June 30, 2013

Blueberry Karma

(Published in a slightly different form.)

If there really is karma,

(and I believe there is),

I’ll keep gifting

my schnauzer

with the

biggest,

plumpest,

juiciest

blueberries.

June 30, 2013

Coffee Gods

Dedicated to Daddy

(Published in a slightly different form.)

$5 to the coffee-gods

for a medium cuppa

frothy, flavored coffee-milk

How long'd it take you to drink that?

April 27, 2013