Category Archives: apparitions

A Wizard’s Revenge

Posted on May 16, 2014 by poemsandponderings

     I think we should start off the weekend with a little bit of good-natured humor, wizard style. This is an older poem that I have, again, revised for your reading pressure pleasure.      Have a terrific weekend everyone, … Continue reading →

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Between

Posted on April 27, 2014 by poemsandponderings

     Ghosts. Do you believe? Here’s what I think. Enjoy your Sunday, Jake. BETWEEN Their spirits wander still, they say as they did back in their living day, when feeling, breathing, beings were before death’s visit on him or … Continue reading →

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If Only

Posted on January 26, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     If… a word of conditional response without surety.      If only… two words of unconditional regret or of hope. Please reflect a bit on this, if you will. Jake. If Only   If only I had looked beyond the sunset. … Continue reading →

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Clouds

Posted on January 24, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     I published this last year, and as I looked at it today, major changes jumped out at me, so I did some editing and here is the updated version for your pleasure. I have also included the previous version … Continue reading →

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A Wizard’s Revenge

Posted on January 20, 2013 by poemsandponderings

     Mystical, magical, even sometimes maniacal, “The Wizard” was a creature of wonder and awe. Entertaining the rich and the poor, the Lord and the lay-about, the craftsman and commoner, while astonishing all, with sights and sounds of mysterious origins. Wizards were always treated with respect and reverence, one never … Continue reading →

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Clouds

Posted on March 7, 2012 by poemsandponderings

     We seem to take them for granted, that is, until foul weather makes us remember from whence it came. Clouds, those magnificent magnets of moisture, those mountains of “Marshmallow Fluff” floating on by at a pace, seemingly as slow as … Continue reading →

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Saint Elmo And The Light

Posted on October 11, 2011 by poemsandponderings

     My friend Bim, (see “Honors”) sent me some pictures today from the fisherman’s/seaman’s memorial in Gloucester, Massachusetts. To offer me an inspiration for a poem dedicated to those sailors who have been lost at sea. While the sailors in the following poem would not be lost, they did sail out of … Continue reading →

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Between

Posted on September 6, 2011 by poemsandponderings

     I was trying to decide what to publish next and I was going through my “Stuff” and came across this one. Do you believe, that there are ‘spirits‘ here among us? I’ve seen and heard stories of this ‘haunted house’ or that … Continue reading →

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