Memorial day is coming........... 

A Picasso face
with one eye
a piece of nose
a dented skull
distorted
melted

cubism done in red black and blue
one hand
one and a half limbs.
A rearranged montage
of her soldier son.

His mother turned away
in a silent scream
beyond anguish
beyond tears
fa/… Read full post »

Saw some 1920s photos

when we had ended all the wars

thinking we would all be rich

eating well and driving fancy cars.

But it didn’t quite turn out that way

as kids went over there again

once more to see the sights in France

island beaches;… Read full post »

Lock is frozen

snow tonight

thaw it open

Zippo light.

Got a pint of Southern Comfort

fuel to keep a body warm.

Not much gas to run the heater

eleven hours till the dawn.

Well maybe just a little heat

hear that chevy motor groan

come on… Read full post »

"Few probably recall the name Dwight Elliott Stone. But even if his name has faded from the national memory, the man remains historically significant. That’s because on June 30, 1973, the 24-year-old plumber’s apprentice became the last American forced into the armed s… Read full post »

I am satisfied

with my daily bread

 a pinch of salt

a cup o'joe

and a little touch of you

at night.

A sweet dream

while resting on sleep's shoulder

drifting on sleeps’s shore;

a short doze,  a light sleep,

awakened by the keening of gulls

and the clanging of… Read full post »

JoAnn Marie Louise Romanelli Scarangello

Sailing with lucky me to New York on the S/S Olympia a long time ago.

...to the girl I met when she was 17, loved and lusted after in high school and was my partner in life for more than 40 years until I… Read full post »

Soviet soldier waving the red banner over central Stalingrad

February 1943 

June 22nd is the 72nd  anniversary of the Wehrmacht invasion of the Soviet Union. It was a day commencing the greatest land struggle in history and a day beginning an unprecedented slaughter that would… Read full post »

At the corner table of a Wendy's

an old woman sits every morning,

bent over her paper,

her coffee and half eaten egg

patiently awaiting further attention.

In the banality that is old age

she thinks how little she enjoyed

the years of youth and beauty

when sh… Read full post »

The Princess and the Geek - May 1963 - At the Ft. Hamilton High School Prom.   She's laughing because the photographer's background matches her dress and her shoes.

Did you ever think about how you got to where you are?

Everyone does at one time or another. How… Read full post »

Fairy tales, witches

cryptic enchantments;

dreams sailing on clear seas, 

wonder mixing

with the world of children

Angelic eyes

fill with a lovely shine;

the laughter of kids

becoming perfume,

dissipating sadness.

Carousel music fills the square

where sweetne… Read full post »

Somali refugee in camp in Kenya.

Do we faintly hear the wail of women

over shrouds of sons and daughters?

She fed them just a while ago

now they're gone

taken by an errant bomb.

When is she gonna rid herself

of all that baby weight?

Did you see… Read full post »

The housekeeper lady
whose fatherless son can’t read
cleans the room
slipping quietly in and out
making beds, changing sheets,
placing breakfast trays outside the door.

Guests who casino in the morning
spa in the afternoon
cocktail by the pool
club through the night
find the b/… Read full post »