Welcome to my Writing Index Page at The Hub.  Below you will find a complete listing of all my work currently published at The Hub.  To read my poetry, please scroll down and click on the appropriate icon.  You can learn more about me, and explore some of the other sites I like to visit, by clicking on the "My Links" option in the banner above.

 

 

 

Below is a list of the poetry I have published at The Hub.  Please click on the appropriate icon to visit any of my works.  All of these poems have been published in The Hub Library unless otherwise specified.  Please pay attention to the ratings and warning codes beneath each poem and do not read them unless you are sure the poem is appropriate for you.

 

 

A life of misery where alcohol is the only escape...

 

 

A glimpse into the epitome of horror...life in Auschwitz.

 

 

The life of an employee in the modern workplace is never easy.

 

 

A poetic reflection on the creative process.

 

 

Putting on a human body, one more time.

 

 

A paradoxical poem about the bittersweet nature of relationships.

 

 

A poem about the "in-between" period after the end of a relationship.

 

 

A poem about looking beyond the world we can see and touch, and finding something more...

 

 

About growing up and encountering "the real world", and letting go of childhood illusions.

 

 

Of crosswinds and crossroads.

 

 

The epiphany of "good-bye".

 

 

What depression feels like.

 

 

Driving through fog can be much like navigating through life...

 

 

Mourning the loss of a love that never was...

 

 

A commonplace journey becomes a frightening adventure.

 

 

First memorable impressions of childhood. How vivid they remain throughout your life.

 

 

A sobering reflection on a wasted life, 21st century-style.

 

 

In memory of one of the overlooked victims of the Manson family.

 

 

Musings on the burden of time.

 

 

On the burden of choice...

 

 

A musing on what might have been.

 

 

But is it past saving?

 

 

On choosing one's own life.

 

 

A poem about the impact of a mental schism...

 

 

Re-evaluating a life wasted...

 

 

Convergence of meaning in time and space.

 

 

Remembering the ocean on a sunny day.

 

 

Fear, control, and stepping into the unknown.

 

 

On the creation of poetry.

 

 

To remain true to oneself in a world where up is down, down is up, and everything changes.

 

 

Getting past regret for things done and not done.

 

 

As the world is constantly manipulated, some of us simply need to escape...

 

 

Sentimental poem about appreciation for having sympathetic loved one to come home to.

 

 

Only in freedom can we flourish...

 

 

Can there be anything as unbearably harsh as reality?

 

 

For those who hate the idea of space travel...

 

 

A poem about inner inclinations and the darker side of the human soul.

 

 

A moment of reflection to consider a life...

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An attempt to understand the vagaries of memory.

 

 

A trip to the dark side of human nature.

 

 

What's hidden inside all of us, and why it hides.

 

 

The puzzle of charisma - questioning how Hitler, Mussolini and the like could come to power and create such evil.

 

 

Of the conflict between science and religion.

 

 

An early poem, written in 1975, as the author was just starting out in life.

 

 

An poem about the compulsions that motivate mankind.

 

 

On the inevitable epiphanies of human existence.

 

 

A view of a water tower through the eyes of a child.

 

 

The pain divorce causes a child continues long after the papers are signed...

 

 

Even the purest of notions can become twisted by those who need to believe...

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A "feeling" poem, watching a train go by in the night.

 

 

A summation of the poet's self-analysis, undertaken in early midlife.

 

 

The journey to understanding is not an easy one...

 

 

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