I had a passing

thought I thought I’d want to share

but somehow it escaped me.

~

Sometimes those thoughts we’d

like to pass on pass through so 

fast they leave no trace.

Is playing golf his

version of fiddling while

our country goes up in smoke?

~

With all these irons

in the fire, how can we

hope to find the time to write?

~

Hope springs eternal

that we’ll make the time amid

demands infernal.

Poets sometimes hide

themselves so deep inside that

we forget they’re even there.

~

And, alas, sometimes,

in body, mind, or spirit,

they’re not really even there.

Feelings sometimes hide

themselves so deep inside that

we forget they’re even there.

~

And sometimes they climb

right out there upon the sleeve

for the whole wide world to see.

Discomfort tends to

sharpen lazy mind’s focus

and promote action taking.

~

True, but sometimes we

choose denial and divert

ourselves with quick remedies.

In this seventy

degree, January heat,

we need a cool assessment.

~

This is Virginia.

If you don’t like the climate,

wait a minute, it will change.

Sometimes arrows miss

their mark leaving archers to

blame the wind or sun or bow.

~

Blaming, though easy,

doesn’t help us hit the mark,

but a calm assessment can.

In relationships

we learn which matters more – to

win or to connect.

~

 The greatest failures

are those who value winning

regardless of the expense.

Supergiants tend

to burn bright for a brief time

before they supernovae

~

Tend to the core lest

there be an inner collapse

and then a big explosion.