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Sonnet 340 (Final Winter) I watch as leaves from Arbor safety fall Once swathed in summer breaths of cold now blast Their brilliant shades can’t breach the nighttime pall What seemed so long, in truth, can never last. And, so, I saw forever in a leaf Before its cradle of tranquility And learned our life’s own season is as brief While Heaven did beckon only distantly. And though the leaf did fall, the tree stood still  What fragile showed, to me, a higher plane We are like leaves...

Never Alive I heard this Robin singing so melodiously But, she is alone so only the woods and I can hear I wondered what happened to her family Would she sing more happily if they were here? And though her chords reverberated in my heart I, too, am in her isolated audience of one From my humanity and my love so far How more pleasant if from my life did not run? And if her winged family arrives to hear her sing How more buoyantly her notes will sound? For to her serenade the harm...

Where Angels Sing You spoke, but your heart took over What I heard is your heart your words betray  So that propriety did not seem so sober  But, your love for me plainly say.  I wish we could tear convention apart  And let our feelings past it rise For there is no denying what is in our heart That no social pretense can disguise.  But, it seems our love must find another place  Even though, here, it seems so very clear Maybe only heaven our love grace  Only there your words ca...

For What May I Yearn? I have known life’s brief lease Delivered from darkness and to it return Here, I could gauge my peace But around its borders for what may I yearn? Yet, I will soon know what darkness keep Where my longest period be a mystery So, in this life what a loss was sleep? Except in those dreams you were brought to me. And from them awaken though you not appear While in that final night your image may not know But, as long as I live I may find you here Instead of h...

Love's Legacy  Life flows around me but not in my heart The sound and din of history  But, its legacy empty if we are not a part. And our future fruitful if yours with me.  Where the greatest civilizations arise They are meaningless to me without you Did not Caesar submit before a queen's eyes? And it was her conquest we see him through.  And I can't suffer, yet, another ordinary day  For the life you give makes it so much more It is only fulfilling if with me you stay For from...

I don't want to get political about what happened while it is so fresh but I figured with all the back and forth going on from both sides I might as well throw in my two cents. People calling for "common sense" gun control and those taking up my usual stance of "more armed people would've been better" are both in the wrong. While there can be smarter steps to cut down on these events, confiscating all weapons of law abiding citizens is simply not plausible. There are roughly 9 guns for every...

"Having worked very closely with The X Stream Network I'm delighted that I've been given the opportunity to be an exponent of the eclectic work I have heard on this amazing radio station and social music site. The idea of curating a series of sampler albums that brings new blood to a wider audience is an amazing opportunity for me. I always loved working along side innovative artists who push the artistic envelope, which is why working with groups such as The Fall and the Specials and of course ...