Section I:
VASTELAND

MOONLIGHT PERSUADE

Precious silver nights
With white opulence
And milk-covered pools
Submerge and bury me
In silky passion
–April 24, 2000

FLAT UNIVERSE

Elsewhere beyond the interference
Planets float in safe reward
Awaken to the calm curves of time
–April 25, 2000

THOU STRIKEN RAPTURE

Transport my lady
In so forth delight
I consummate
And laud thee
By enchanted display
With noble praise
–April 28, 2000

PAIN-EMBEDDED

Deceit’s singing
Songs of lying
Consumed by the onslaught
Self-sacrificing
Scenes of shrinks
And day’s ending
–April 30, 2000

EMBLAZONED SPARROW

Betwixt between embittered bombs
And belligerent nations
With mere notions of historical accuracy
–May 1, 2000

VERSE FROM A RAINMAKER

Quilted sky
Glistening with white droplets
Wealth of moisture
Falling to earth
Transformations reflected
Simply
Nature’s miracles
–May 3, 2000

THE BATTLE OF MAN & PEACE

Tempestuous creatures
Of eternal hell
And a myriad of angels
Caught in state of violence
Transgressed onto world
–May 4, 2000

THE FINEST VESSEL

Raging sea
Pale and gray
Foamy waves
Carrying away
Brilliant sail
In blowing wind
Rushing waters
Rolling in
–May 5, 2000

WHAT COMES TO MIND

Not portentous or bemused
Thoughts unthought
Listening
Wondering
Describing
Spewing
Insightful chats
Looming trapped within ourselves
–May 6, 2000

MORE

More of mother’s delicious cooking
More plates piled high
More exquisite food to taste
More than words could ever describe . . .
–May 7, 2000

AGING

Wind struck curtain frayed below
Window found open
Willows beating in hollow afternoon
Drawn to face of forgetfulness
–May 10, 2000

NATURE'S LUMINOUS DANCE

Thunder roars in the darkness
Lightning lights the coral skies
Surrounded by warnings of caution
–May 11, 2000

FACADE

Temporary glass covers
Intricate beauties with strong minds
Glamour spreads
Quenching thirsty despair
Emblematic inadequacies and heaviness
–May 12, 2000

GETTING IN TOUCH

The demarcations stagnate love
Uninformed stimuli posture once rooted leisure
Family wraps crave idle making
You miss flowing of talk
–May 17, 2000

CREATION

Chasing verbs around the mind tree with ease
Coalescing thoughts piled high under quiet edges deep inside
–May 19, 2000

ABSTRUSE

Suspended moment of consciousness
Extended beyond the mantle of present
Continuous time curls
Only attest to mortal end
–May 22, 2000

OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PRISTINE EVERGREEN

Omniscient cardinals strewn
On sheltering pines and oaks covered with moss
Drenched in path traveled
Widen narrow imprint
–June 2, 2000

DEMISE

Overwhelmed by the unobtainable
The face of deadliness
Flowering like a belladonna
Nightshade slowly triumphs

–June 3, 2000

SECURITY RISK

Presidents bestow the nation safe posturing
With clever speeches behind their podiums
In light of scrutiny
–June 5, 2000

COMMON THREADS

Snippets
Recollections
Images
Fragments
Dreams
Rhythms
Moments
Happenings
–June 6, 2000