Facebook

You’re distant but near.
I live through your moods, friends, pix
vicariously.

Almost spring

Snowpack seems solid
but underneath, droplets sing
of melting caverns.

Other daughter’s boyfriend

Bandana over
his sweet smile, ninja to his
anime girlfriend.

Daughter’s boyfriend

He won me over
with his Facebook comment on
her profile picture

Corey Haim

When Robert Frost wrote
“Nothing gold can stay,” he could
have described child stars.

Fishbowl

Bored orange nibbles
away black’s filmy fins. Sad
stubs flail lost beauty.

Paperless Christmas

Being green we use
fabric bags old boxes to
wrap gifts. No trees die.

Christmas LED lights

Like laser pointers
they blind in red green blue as
they save the planet

Longest night of the year

Soon, darkness recedes.
But tonight I wrap myself
in velvet-starred black.

Unemployed Christmas

Can days be merry
and bright? Jobs – like ornaments –
fragile, out of reach.