Novel Thought
Imagination can create anything at all
Within a mortal's head:
High in the Berkshire Mountains
Moby Dick was born and bred.

A Minor Minor Poet
My work is a matter of the miniscule.
I write not of Mortal, but of Venial Sin,
Like those old sideshow men who inscribed
The Pater Noster on the head of a pin.

The Nomad in Old Age
The caravan passes me by.
It is oasis bound.
All day I hear the camel bells
Ring with a fainter sound.

Making the Best
One brings what one can
To Life's long struggle:
A man with just one hand
Must somehow learn to juggle.

Gentleman Farmer
I have purchased an old henhouse,
Furnished with weak locks.
I have hired a security guard.
His name is Mr. Fox.

Amphibological
Duplicity lies
In my body's sac:
I am--like you--
Diplocardiac.

Foresight
Aldous Huxley displayed once and for all
The professional writer's mind:
He began to practice typing in the dark
When told he was going blind.

Footnote to the Proverb
Walk a mile in the other man's shoes
To get an empathetic fix:
But do not try this if your size is ten
And his is only six.

Anatomy Lesson
Among your body's mostly
Symmetrical bilateral parts
The greatest irregularity
Is, of course, your heart's.

Incandescence
Did Thomas Edison in his wildest
Imagination's flight
Ever dream of baseball games
Being played at night?