Unless noted, these are unpublished poems. Comments are welcome at [email protected]

A Poet Fishes 

A Missouri Boy’s Summer Day

A Mowing Experience

All Fathers Must Die (from “The Eye Of The Ghost”)

Calling Time (from “The Eye Of The Ghost”)

Elegy For The World On Our Anniversary

Figure In The Doorway

Finding Boy

First To Know (from “Pear Season”)

Going To See Where She Was Born (from “The Eye Of The Ghost”)

In The Morning In Missouri (from The Kansas City Star)

Shoveling Snow (from “The Eye Of The Ghost”)

Six Month Cleaning and Check Up

The New Product Lines

The Devil’s Due

Turning (from “Promises In The Dust”)

Young Mothers In The Spring (from “Promises In The Dust”)