This poem won 1st Place in Explore California State Parks at the Alameda County Fair 2019. Forest Whisperings The forest,she is calling me. It’s been too long since I’ve wandered her beautiful winding pathways, climbed her mountains just for a gaze of beauty so intense no poem nor photo does justice, admired the way the sun dapples brilliantly through her branches, soaked in the salty smell of ocean entangled with fresh pine. She is calling, and to her, I must soon journey, for within her bosom, I shall be reunited with myself.
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Laugh With Me – 3rd Place Haiku
Thank you to the 2019 Marin County Fair for awarding a third place ribbon in Any Other Haiku to “Laugh With Me” which appears in my 2018 book The Cafe of Dreams. Laugh With Me Laughing woodpecker. Uncooperative tree. I, too, must giggle.
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Moonlight Song – 1st Place Haiku
Thank you to the 2019 Marin County Fair for awarding the following haiku a 1st place blue ribbon in the Moonscapes Haiku category: Moonlight Song A moonlight chorus serenades until sunrise. Wake up. Sing a dream.
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Bovine in Orbit – Best in Class Haiku
Thank you to the 2019 Marin County Fair for awarding the following haiku Best in Class for Moonscapes Haiku: Bovine in Orbit Many moons ago during lunar bovine flight ate moon pies. No fork.
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Poetic Timing
This is one of my favorites to perform, and I have done so from memory at Poetry Out Loud in 2019, Solano County Library Foundation’s Why Poetry event in 2018, and most recently on the San Mateo County fair’s literary stage. It appears in the book Poet Loiterer. Poetic Timing Poetry never comes at a convenient time. It shows up in the shower as a silly rhyme. It reveals itself to me when I’m hiking around. It comes to me at services when I’m making prayerful sounds. It weaves its way into my psyche when I’m driving in the country. It interrupts conversations and it demands to be heard. But…
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Summer is in the Air
Summer is in the Air The sun is out. It’s time to play. Come out! Come out! Summer’s here today! The flowers and trees are in full bloom. Vacation time means there’s more room for endless hours of rest and relaxation, or perhaps, a new hobby’s dedication. From coast to coast the children play, splashing in swimming pools all the day. Frolicking down spiraling water slides, their smiling faces impossible to hide. Families flock frequently to county fairs, dining on delicious fried delicacies there. Brave souls bound aboard the carnival rides, around and around, upside down they fly! People lounge around for picnics in parks, eating vast amounts of ice…
