I have wrestled with the Shadow
Often it has won
Gratitude for life
And my 3 young sons

I like movies and music
I listen to the rain
Just got a book
About Barcelona, Spain

My dad helps me clean
Keeps me organized
A little Irish green
I win no poetry prize

Up in the night
Lady of the Lake
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Mr. William Blake

          every cake you bake ...

I lay in bed and lonely
Listen for the rain
I write telephonely
Alone once again

Tired. Exoplanets.
Sleep away the day
Music on the radio
For my love to play

Might take a bath
Might sleep till noon
Memories in my mind
Of the Taipei typhoon

           y Flaming June

The meditation hall all wood and glass
Nothing as beautiful as her ***
Thunderstorm - thus it comes to pass
We play out in the rain

California on my mind
What we seek, do we find?
Relentless is the daily grind
I ride the downbound train

Sick and suffering so they said
I lay asleep, I lay in bed
Quite near the nameless Dread
Quietly the pain

Lotus flower, a little hope
She and I once more elope
Argentina birthed the Pope
I kiss her on the Seine

                    Merci!

One life only
Mostly confusion and pain
Time tick tocks
All my love in vain

Sleep late and long
No one really knows
We walk arm in arm
Through Seattle snows

Politics is hideous
History is horror
I just rest inside
I do not implore her

Postcards in the mail
Desperation in my house
Yo soy un isolato
Separated from my spouse


                 Rest.

No one important
But I have read David Markson
Carefully. Repeatedly.
Postcards in the mail

Country is in big trouble
Grateful for my place
Quiet. Quiet.
Destiny prevails

Maybe one or two get through
Maybe not at all
I try again today
Although I often fail

Asians in California
San Francisco Zen
3710
The Dragon finds its tail

I admit I like the poetry
Gives me something to do
Searching through my memories
Carolina blue

I've moved around an awful lot
Can't quite break on through
All alone on my lunch break
Reading at Seattle U.

I've been to New York City
Been to London too
Paris on my honeymoon
Paris, parlez vous?

Rode the Asian trains
Gambled in 2022
Gimme Purple Rain
I give my heart to you

        Susan Meek not Sue

I write because I ...
And I ...
So I ...
Yo!

All alone, Twilight Zone
In Seattle snow

Grey and rainy today
I'll never ever know
Words that rhyme, some other time
On and on we go

                       Reno!