short poems about life and love

my driveway is half-shoveled. above me stars peek through gaps in the clouds. it’s late. while neighbors sleep i clear away snow...

each step along the boardwalk sends a flurry of seagulls skyward. to my right the angry gulf thunders against a rocky shore...

she asks me for patience but my heart races and pounds beneath my chest. to my recollection i have waited centuries —...

dark gray clouds thunder east and threaten to drench me in relentless waves of ice cold rain. it’s been four years since...

An empty bone-white beach glistens under a pale December sun. Midwestern snowbirds crowd my favorite diner overlooking the bay. Through an open...

through open balcony doors late afternoon breezes heavy with the scent of oleander brush against my cheek. church bells toll, their dull...

let me bathe your naked body with dew harvested from the blue lotus. let my thumb gently wipe away each tear which...

i. last night she flooded my dreams coming through in waves of rose water poured over pale skin, leaving me breathless. ii...