Category Archives: Pain



Storm Limericks

A furious storm surnamed Sandy
Whipped water and winds to a frenzy.
It struck here and there,
Laid cities all bare—
This happens when weather grows randy.
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Posted in Pain, Seasons, Today's News

Aurora, Colorado: July 20, 2012

Our first delight,
Doubtless,
Is mother’s flowing teat.
Then building blocks,
Candy bars,
Parental praise.
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Posted in Conformity, Death, Pain, Today's News

Anoesis

This morning, in a comic strip,1 I saw
A word I doubt has ever been exclaimed,
A word so powerful, so crammed with awe,
Involving human bliss (or grief) untamed.
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Posted in Pain, Religion, Wisdom, Words

Carpé Diem

Down at the paddle tennis courts, I ask
Agéd friends “Do you guys ever have fun?”
“Absolutely!” Sometimes a simple cask
Of beer will do the trick, an iced spiced bun
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Posted in Aging, Pain, Wisdom

Alternative Routes

The other day, at lunch with two old friends,
I whined about the traffic—jamming life:
“At noon, twelve minutes just to drive the bend
Connecting freeway Ten with Four O Five.”
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Posted in Pain, Traffic

Insomnia

When I consider how my nights are spent,
That time when ev’ry itch and pinch and ache
Emerge from day’s locked caves—freed to torment
This agéd remnant—force dry bones awake,
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Posted in Inspiration, Pain, Wisdom