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

Elephant Soul

Elephant Soul

A poem about love

My Hopes For Reincarnation

My Hopes For Reincarnation

This poem explores the humble realization that we often forget how lucky we are to be who we are.

In the wake of Canada’s 150th Birthday

In the wake of Canada’s 150th Birthday

A poem for Canada’s Birthday.

Cilantro Mantra

Cilantro Mantra

She delivers
guacamole