To Margaret

"The Omen From Pulpit’s ship he preached in scrimshaw days And belted out a prayer of hope and praise The seamen clung to every fervid phrase Then left New Bedford’s dock in morning haze It was the e..."

"Page of White To grasp the power of belief, and scroll it on a golden leaf For other souls to then behold, is much more precious than the gold To seek a dream, though worn with age, inscribing it on..."

"Somewhere Somewhere in the depth of spaces Raveled in a century’s twine There’s a thread of gold that laces Through the story that is mine Every past has been repeated Every future has been lived On..."

"Willow Whispers Willow whispers haunt my mind In hushed words from another time Unspoken love vowed in a breath Will follow me until my death ’Twas on a windy night like this That passion brewed wit..."

"Forgotten In musty box so neatly placed and kept In ribbon’s golden wrap I soundly slept Hidden there, forgotten by the host Unnoticed in the dust by man or ghost Now someone has discovered and unlo..."

"Day and Night The day speaks loudly of itself in brandishing its face The night slips silent as an elf in shadows of its grace The sun will force the eye to gaze at splendors all have seen The littl..."