Category Archives: Family



My Younger Son Plays Rachmaninoff!

Romantic sonatas by Russians
Flaunt violent piano percussions—
Wreak digital mayhem
On fingers that play ‘em, Continue reading →

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Birthday Dinner

As is his wont,
Dan, my younger son,
Took us out to celebrate
My seventy-ninth birthday. Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Friends

On the Way to the Hospital

One day, driving on Western Avenue
To cheer my reconstructed wife,
A curbside, spastic gumby caught my eye.
One of those puffed-air waving figures
Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Joan, Wisdom

What? Me Worry?

Though the middle of November,
The soft air shimmered, balmy, warm.
As the sun, trite dying ember,
Touched the sea, a voracious swarm Continue reading →

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My Younger Son—1976

My younger son grew up a country-length
Away, but spent his summers here with us.
One year, caught teaching abroad, we, on strength
Of friendship, asked, ”Would it be too much fuss Continue reading →

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My Older Son

My older son, spawn of academics,
Bore, no doubt, an extra burden—parents
Enthralled by education, splenetic
At anything less than best. Tough to fare Continue reading →

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