Tag Archives: youth

callings – July 25

Posted on July 28, 2017 by

7.25.2017 [calling] a memory itches at my mind pulls, calls, reaches out. a young man, sitting beside a pond an edge of green trees moving out ahead to a point. and to his right a bay less traveled where a … Continue reading →

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empty choir stalls – September 19

Posted on September 18, 2016 by

9.19.2016 empty choir stalls with gothic scrolls where young boys in starched white collars and black buttoned cassocks gave their voices up to God and found their ways in the world.   miss bicknell would keep me in check barely … Continue reading →

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young and tough – September 3

Posted on September 5, 2016 by

9.3.2016 drawn face shows the stress   of long days into nights of work   young and tough is the assumption   but human nevertheless. —————-

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watching faces remember – January 28

Posted on January 29, 2016 by

1.18.2016 [watching faces remember] watching faces remember   youth and heroes and yearnings   a tweak at the corner of a mouth sharpening of an eye, the grin   something fresh and clean of ideals still held after, especially after … Continue reading →

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all downhill – July 31

Posted on August 1, 2015 by

7.31.2015 bicycle pedals push and pull   at muscles and joints yet the breeze   gives joy even amidst the hurt   sailing like a boy down inclines   that barely angle but enough   from when my days were … Continue reading →

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borders – April 14

Posted on April 15, 2015 by

4.14.2015 thin like a rapier sharp as steel hawk nosed and young   we talk across borders of business and youth   wandering voices striking fire and spark yet opaque   how do generations hear one another when texts have … Continue reading →

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swish – January 27

Posted on January 28, 2015 by

1.27.2015 swish from outside deep throw and easy lope across court   a young man on the verge of his dreams. ———-  

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ML King parade, Boston 1965 – January 20

Posted on January 20, 2015 by

[1.20] I walked beside the closed car to put my body between   threats and life for the one inside.   a symbol, a voice a presence, that spoke of dreams.   and I was young so I walked beside … Continue reading →

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us older guys – November 8

Posted on November 9, 2014 by

11.2.2014 us older guys are just young guys inside checking it out wondering what’s going on not really trusting that it ever really comes to an end. —————————

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young writers – May 20

Posted on May 21, 2014 by

5.20.2014 young writers try their stuff. short quirky   when did I stop being that one —————–

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