I brush mom's gray hair
as she chats with unseen friends
in her hospice home
I wonder if she knows
I'm her least-liked daughter

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue , March 2011

War zone

war zone
the while lily inches up
too soon

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 4, March 2011

Starfish

starfish find
the child gazes
at the sky

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 2, Sep. 2010

Hospice

I brush mom's gray hair 
as she chats with unseen friends 
in her hospice home 
I wonder if she knows
I'm her least-liked daughter

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 4, March 2011

Old age

nearing home
the sun starts to set
in my rear-view mirror

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 1, June 2010

Foreclosed house

the children's swing
stops swinging
foreclosed house

Notes From the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 2
September 2010

Hiroshima

bomb-ravaged field
sixty-five years later
a monument to peace
becoming another
stop for tourists

Notes From the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 2, September 2010

Lovers' cliff

lovers' cliff
a torn scarf totters
near the water's edge

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 1, June 2010

Setting sun

nearing home
the sun starts to set
in my rear-view mirror

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 2, Issue 1, June 2010

among the thistles
a molted snake's skin
she turns sixteen

Notes from the Gean
Vol. 1, Issue 3, Dec. 2009