Uncomfortable Truths
Maybe the perfect world we seek Is not meant to be; Maybe the bliss of heaven Becomes hell for eternity;
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Poetry
Notebook: National Road musical; Rick Vatz lecture hall; Gary Alexander poems
Probably more State House folks will remember Gary Alexander as the lead named partner of Alexander & Cleaver, once one of the major law and lobbying firms in Annapolis, rather than his three terms in the House of Delegates. The Prince George’s County Democrat ended his political career in 1994 as speaker-pro tem of the House.
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Dear My Favorite Miss
Failure has taught me this: Nothing else matters, That if I could have a wish, I would binge watch Netflix
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Colorado (into the blooming)
Colorado (into the blooming) branches, trees, scenery mountains in the distance snow is on the rocky ledges slip and pick
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38.1380 N, 92.8104 W
Sailing ahead, salt mists our sun kissed bodies as we rest on the bow of the boat Counting and observing
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Counterfeits of Love
Words are lovers that never love; Oblivious to the feelings they relate; For they may seem real and “tried and
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Poe’s Helen of a Thousand Dreams
For a brief spell toward the end of his life, the master of the macabre also claimed another Northeast city as his haunt: Providence, Rhode Island. And while Poe’s dark tales of the supernatural may make him a Halloween favorite, his stint in Providence is a story fit for a more sentimental holiday—Valentine’s Day.
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Writing Brother
Image by Annie Spratt from Pixabay It was you and I, Then; That summer I took $100 And bought a
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Halloween 382 Miles Away
Image by Andreas Lischka from Pixabay I drove back 382 miles and 39 years To what’s no longer a home.
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