2031. Un Souvenir Imaginaire

La riviere

Glissante

Une fille

Revante

Un arbre

Qui perd

Ses feules

Les images

D'autumne

Me reviennent

De quelque part

Ou je n'etais

Jamais

Sauf

Dans un

Souvenir

Joli

Que j'ai

Imagine

Fautes de francais

2030. L'Ecrivaine

J'ecris

La poesie

Des fois

Faisant

Des fautes

Mais

Tant pis

J'aime

Jouer

Avec des mots

Balancer

Les paroles

Je suis

La muse

Et personne

Ne me refuse

J'insiste

Je m'amuse

On writing, Fautes de francais

2029. Un Ami

Je ne suis

Pas seule

Je suis la

Avec un ami,

Victor Hugo,

Poet, auteur

De la poesie

Fautes de francais

2028. Corporate Theft

There's a

Meeting

Today

No, now

Urgently

So fervently

Driving

Conniving

Why

A partner's

Or customer's

Promise

Or enmity

Hangs

In the balance

Forget

Weekends

And evenings

This company

Wants your

Everything

Ditch

Husband, wife

Children

Family

For money

Working in Startups

2027. Begging a Question

Do you know

My friend?

"I hate her,"

He said.

What prompts

A man

To offend

So?

He begs

To tell

A story

Of love

Or woe,

Hoping

To elicit

Questions.

2026. Everlasting

Lasting loving

Is harder than

Love

For a moment

Or a day.

Hairbrush

Placement,

Dish washing,

And laundry

Get in the way.

Cabinet space

Allotments,

Slots where shoes

Rest,

How pots

And bags

Are put away

All play a part

In wars

And triumphs

Of the heart.

Love is

An everlasting

Negotiation

Where rules form

And morph.

His and hers

Only gradually

Turn

To ours.

Some cherished

Items,

Thoughts,

And traditions

Remain

Forever separate.

A few

Blend.

This is

A different

Happiness

From what's

Expected

But is

Recommended

For those

Who dream

And want

Something real.

Happily Married in San Francisco

2025. Few and True

I'd rather have

Friends, who

Are few

And true,

Than wonder,

Who,

Instead,

Intends

Me harm.

2024. Your Efforts in Vain

Why did you jump
Into that picture

With me,

Smiling?

Are you dreaming,

Hoping

I'd leave

My husband

For a dalliance

With a man

Who cares nothing

For fidelity

Or marriage?

...Not a chance.

Happily Married in San Francisco

2023. Just Being Frank

It's true

I don't remember

Meeting you

Or our conversation

Years back

I'm flattered

You recall

My face

And that place

Sadly,

You made

Little impression

Perhaps,

It was

Your arrogance

That instantly

Erased

My memory

You brag

Of your money

And importance

In your sphere

Of influence

You say

How women

Struggle

For your attention

My advice:

Go

Dote

On Them.

2022. Futurist

A futurist
My mind's
In bliss
Exploration
Unending
Eyes wide
Staring
Into the Unknown
Forming
With internal
Vision
Worlds bright
Captivating -
Light -
As from
The Creator

Finding Direction, San Francisco

2021. A Riddle

The sunlight glistens

On the Bay

Near California

Midday

A thousand sparrows

Take flight

A googillion minnows

Breach

To my delight

Two tiny discs

Give me a gift

Unimagined

In years prior

What gift have I

Received?

2020. Everything is In

This season

Everything is in

Fat or thin

Short or tall

Shaggy, bald

Tight, baggy

Long or mini

Skirts and slacks

Hair blond,

Red, brown

Or black

What does it mean

When all are seen

With equal beauty

Unheard of

Outrageous

Hopefully,

It will be contagious

Observations, Life in San Francisco

2016. Clean

Lemon scent

Sharply assaulting

Your nostrils

A tingling in your eyes

A little discomfort

As your skin

Is wetted by it

Whitening agent

Disinfectant, antiseptic

Makes a house feel

Ready for guests

Observations

2015. Browlines

Eyebrows:

The latest trend in fashion,

If you believe this month's magazines,

Is to leave them more haphazard.

Yet ladies of all ages re-enact

Basic principles of beauty,

Relearned each century

By new generations.

Gentlewomen from every clime

Use gentle threads at home.

Some even fly worldwide

To best accomplish

This fine grooming.

To have the right brow line

Is sublime.

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About Women

2014. A Twirl Purring

A twirl purring

Charming, furry

Warmly disarming

Softly breathing

Comfort giving

A gentle, innocent

Presence

Prompting

Us to move

Quietly

More deftly

To avoid hurting

Or disturbing

An afternoon napping

Friend

Observations

2013. Finding Direction

Sometimes

Reading

Reintroduces

Me

To a younger

Being

A person

With different

Perspectives

Almost like

A new friend

Finding Direction

2012. On Writing

Reviewing lines

Of mine

Reminds me

Who I used

To be

And lets me

Find myself

Anew

On writing

2011. Anniversary Rhyme

Happy anniversary

Honey

Our names

For each other

Would rhyme

With one another

If I dared

To reveal

Our true selves

Online

Happily Married in San Francisco

2010. Working Together in Love

Working together

A life-long

Endeavor

Playing mostly

On cue

When no work's

To do

But what

Of those other

Times

70 percent

Of life

The working

Kind

We must

Improve

Happily Married in San Francisco

2009. Following the Rainbow Home

I follow

The rainbow

Home

To a promise

Fulfilled

Of kisses

And love

I know

Happily Married in San Francisco

2008. On Friendship

Friends do

Others pretend

If an event

To you

Is significant

She or he

Who's true

Will be with you

Long Relationships

2007. Nature's Jewelry

Flowers

Like jewels

On a green

Pompom

Tree

Enhance

Their

Beauty

Life in San Francisco

2006. A Singing Heart

Classical music

Makes my

Heart sing

As my soul

Swings

With the ebb

And flow

Of flute,

Violin,

And cello

Art

2005. Winning Ticket

This is

A winning

Lottery

Ticket,

Netting me

One dollar

And ninety-

Seven

Cents.

Are we

Rich yet?

Life in San Francisco

2004. In Shadow

Why do you

Stand so,

In shadow?

If you fear

Or worry,

No need.

I can see

And accept

Your

Transformation

From one man

To another.

Admiring Men

2003. Keeping It Real

My husband

Is real

A man

I can touch

And feel

He is

Better than

Any other

Man

Imagined

Fantastic

About Women, Admiring Men, Happily Married in San Francisco

2002. Out of Sight

You mean

You refused

To date

A billionaire

In the making?

Absolutely.

Why?

When a man

Flies

So high.

He looses

Sight

Of the people

In his life,

Especially,

Me.

About Women

2001. Wonder

The movies

We watch

Are by Pixar

And Disney

Why?

Because

Some folks

Are old souls

But not us

We're a

Couple

Of five

Year olds

Still realizing

All

Of life's

Wonder

Happily Married in San Francisco

2000. Dual Millenium Poem

With this

Note

I form

My

Two

Thousandth

Poem

On Writing

1999. The Right Match

I need

A man

Who's happy

For me to be

Like a playful

Five year old

When I want

To be

And in another

Instant

Running

A company

I found

Just the one

For me

Happily Married in San Francisco

1998. Revisionist

You said

You read

Of me

Ejecting men

That's not

Really

What was

Happening

You see

That's the beauty

Of writing

I

Create

History

On Writing

1997. Not Robot

I cannot do

The same thing

The same way

Every day

I am not

A robot

About Women

1996. Picking a Grim Bone with the Media

I dislike

Minor

And major

Media's

Treatment

Of the tragic

Deaths

And injuries

In Haiti

These are people:

Friends and lovers

Sons and daughters

Fathers, mothers

Sisters, brothers

But you

With the camera

Just want to shock

To improve

Ratings and profits

Shed a tear

If you dare

Depict them

In remembrance

1995. Religious Seduction

Religiosity

Is seductive.

What have you

To lose?

You could

Gain

Happy Immortality.

Who needs

Moral integrity?

But some religions

Offer no such

Promise,

Only a sense

Of connection

To relations

You loved,

And perhaps,

That

Is better.

Finding Direction

1994. Haiti

These are not dead bodies

Just decomposing there

They are sisters and mothers

Daughters and fathers

Brothers, friends, and lovers

A few minutes earlier

These people were living

Who can believe

In a god

Who causes such suffering?

The earthquake took them

We will remember them all

Saying a prayer for all the people, who lost their lives in Haiti's terrible earthquake in January 2010.

1993. Sweden

Sweden

Full of free men

And women

Free to live

Their lives

They economize

As taxes rise

They see

Things differently

Not quite

with Western eyes

Instead,

They socialize

Watching

Smiling

As Americans

Start their

First

Experiment

With universal

Healthcare

Observations

1992. Gods in Love

The gods take

Ballet class

I can

Vouch for that

He 6 foot 3

She 5 foot 9

Both with flaxen

Hair

And brilliant

Blue eyes

Stature and visage

Divine

But they're

Human

Like

The rest of us

And prone

To love

Happily

They have

Each other

They smile

Kind

On the mortals

Below

Life in San Francisco

- after a dance class with dancers from leading companies and Broadway

1991. No Twinkle Tonight

Cloud filled skies

No star to wish

Upon tonight

Try I may

Try I might

All I see

Is man-made

Red and flashing

Lights

Life in San Francisco

- upon driving home on a gloomy night