By Steve The suitcase was stranded Lying on the side of the road Forlorn and abandoned But still closed I noticed it back in 1974...

RRPL By Steve The lights of the city Seen from the library veranda All of downtown in one long view But it takes more Than one glance One...

“Don’t judge the strength of the ocean By one wave” A man once said to me How easily we all seem to judge each other Sometimes in a...

Perspectives on War By Steve I was there But I really wasn’t there Years upon years Fights upon fights They all tell me They all treat me...

A catalyst is something That stays the same While changing all around it. A person can be a catalyst Changing all those around him But...

(as inspired by Elizabeth) A very thin veneer of dry sand Laid upon its wetted cousins The wind tosses and shapes the dry, white sand...

A bit of humanity that lasted a moment Hopefully, it lives on forever In the minds of both And in a photograph A perfect moment in the...

The darkness was not complete A small, distant glimmer of light pierced it But not enough light to illuminate Either a man or an ideal...

Pennies are all over the place A collection of odd pennies Discarded ones You see them here and there You find them collected In the...

To see humanity walk Right before us Every day it happens Every day, we don’t see What if we took a moment? To see what is out there To...