Wednesday, July 24, 2019

Monday, July 15, 2019

AMID THE DRENCHING DEW...


      AT MIDNIGHT


A midnight walk,
Amid the drenching dew
After the rains have
Yielded to the clouds beyond,
Marries solitude to summer's
Saturnine command.  



Skimming the sky:
Bending to swoop
High, then low;
Bats inebriated with
The toxins of fireflies
Appear molten black
Against the full moon's heady glow...


Jupiter hangs in the deepening
Dark as a radiant prop;
Surrounded by  Europa, Ganymede, Io,
Callisto, Valetudo, and Amalthea;
I sense Galileo in these shadowy
Fragrant hours before the dawn.


-L.P.-G.

Saturday, July 13, 2019

VIS-À-VIS THIS 7TH MONTH OF THE YEAR:



Patriotism is just "one" component...






Yet the occasional foray into a quaint book store, and out from the summer heat, is certainly welcomed by bibliophiles like myself...




SUMMER AFTERNOON, SUMMER AFTERNOON; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.
- Henry James





July: your days will be spent and 

gone before we know it!  [SIGH]



Sunday, June 23, 2019

CHANNELING MARK TWAIN TODAY...



 Warm summer sun
Shine(s) brightly here...

Warm summer wind(s)
Blow softly here...

Green sod above;
Lie light, lie light...

Good night, dear heart;
Good night... good night...

R.I.P. to those who left (us) upon a summer wind...
whether rich, poor, old or young.