A Place of Death [Rubāʿī]

I walk past row on row of granite stones.
The grass is usually freshly mown,
but lately vegetation doesn't seem to grow,
and so, I kneel where seeds have been sown.

Wind-Swept Hero [Rubāʿī]

Beyond the house stood half a tree -
cleaved in twain, robbed of symmetry;
leaning like a wind-swept hero,
it could still shade a reverie.

POEM: Parallax [a Rubāʿī]

The grass is growing through the cracks,
but each man’s view is parallax.
So, while it seems ill-kempt to one,
others are charmed by the same facts.

POEM: EXPLORE! [a Rubāʿī]

Go seek the ill-trodden pathway,
the well-sheltered cove, strait, or bay —
the inn where few have known to stay,
&
isles known only to castaways.