Ces mains tendres

Ces mains tendres

A poem about the people who died in the war

The Landowner

The Landowner

A poem about the outdoors

Dying Embers

Dying Embers

How growing old extinguishes the flames of love.

A Silent Goodbye: for Elizabeth

A Silent Goodbye: for Elizabeth

Carved from my life experiences as a human being.

Do Not Go Gentle

Do Not Go Gentle

A portrait of my departed brother, who did what he pleased.

Lovers who suffer

Lovers who suffer

Press their pain
Deep into their hearts

Gord Downie: Kind Freedom

Gord Downie: Kind Freedom

A tribute to the Tragically Hip.

All Your All-Nighters: The Satiety of Influence

All Your All-Nighters: The Satiety of Influence

Contemporary poetry

Balancing Into Life

Balancing Into Life

Relates the experience of the seeker of a possible truth as he reaches the end of the journey.

Home Ownership

Home Ownership

It could best be described as a poem.

Rumination

Rumination

A paleolithic poem

Country Blues

Country Blues

City boy in the country

Self Portrait At The Edge Of Timberland and Beachhead

Self Portrait At The Edge Of Timberland and Beachhead

A warm scrap of early Spring invades the back end of winter.

Bastard London! (A drunken Sermon delivered by Rebel John Homeless Preacher – 4Am July 31st )

Bastard London! (A drunken Sermon delivered by Rebel John Homeless Preacher – 4Am July 31st )

This poem depicts London as a character, a living stinking breathing being, marred by racism, class conflict, and social and ethnic cleansing.

Package

Package

My poems deal with a variety of emotions, loneliness, strange fits of passion, pessimism, etc.

death hurts the soul

death hurts the soul

with wires and knots
rots and glue