Smooth Sailing I

Stories in this set

"Old Quake"

First published on October 28, 2006 - 20:12  | 747 reads

5 Quotes about Writing to Share with You

First published on December 5, 2009 - 16:23  | 331 reads

A Lamb's Eyes

First published on June 16, 2007 - 05:20  | 710 reads

A Little Poem

First published on March 9, 2007 - 20:46  | 750 reads

A Matter of Timing, Frankly

First published on January 13, 2007 - 17:54  | 676 reads

A Million Times Plus One

First published on September 11, 2006 - 21:06  | 996 reads

A Parent's Lament

First published on September 2, 2008 - 16:32  | 445 reads

A Pip

First published on April 23, 2008 - 16:20  | 483 reads

A Purple Jacket

First published on March 14, 2008 - 18:48  | 619 reads

A Red May Rose for Thee

First published on May 6, 2007 - 17:56  | 931 reads

A Royal Ring Up

First published on September 17, 2005 - 22:54  | 1033 reads

A Songbird's Intellect

First published on July 26, 2006 - 23:02  | 1002 reads

About Daddy (2)

First published on June 18, 2007 - 04:37  | 659 reads

About Daddy (3)

First published on June 24, 2007 - 04:22  | 698 reads

About Daddy (4)

First published on August 16, 2007 - 02:44  | 756 reads

About Daddy (5)

First published on September 3, 2007 - 17:45  | 563 reads

About Daddy (7)

First published on November 4, 2007 - 21:49  | 526 reads

About Daddy Series (#s 8 to 11)

First published on April 6, 2008 - 04:51  | 418 reads

About Respect and Prestige

First published on April 12, 2008 - 19:44  | 612 reads

Abrakadeebra: A Celebration of Children's Verse No. 1

First published on February 11, 2006 - 01:50  | 1036 reads

Abrakadomebra: 2nd celebration of children's verse

First published on October 22, 2006 - 05:32  | 769 reads

Abrakadoobra: 100 Short Poems For Children

First published on January 2, 2006 - 16:36  | 5861 reads

Abrakadyebra: 3rd celebration of children's verse

First published on October 22, 2006 - 21:08  | 692 reads

abstinence

First published on August 9, 2006 - 16:06  | 815 reads

Adestes: Little Christmas Poems for Children

First published on April 20, 2006 - 22:18  | 5233 reads

Ah, Favourite City

First published on September 12, 2004 - 11:16  | 1044 reads

Ann Rule: The Lady Who Writes About Killers

First published on November 17, 2008 - 04:14  | 678 reads

Another Prince Charles: Gift of England to the Christian World

First published on November 2, 2008 - 05:42  | 429 reads

Apostrophe, My Poor Dear

First published on November 25, 2006 - 16:29  | 757 reads

As I Lay Dying In Reno

First published on June 26, 2007 - 20:59  | 645 reads

At Least You Passed

First published on June 16, 2008 - 20:48  | 481 reads

Back East

First published on October 24, 2008 - 16:00  | 403 reads

Back through the Trees

First published on October 25, 2006 - 03:43  | 802 reads

Barbarian of the Local Sort

First published on November 12, 2006 - 06:07  | 741 reads

Because His Skin Is Dark

First published on August 16, 2006 - 20:48  | 831 reads

blood

First published on June 7, 2006 - 23:26  | 873 reads

Business Talents

First published on March 4, 2008 - 03:00  | 538 reads

Busy, We're Busy Living

First published on September 12, 2004 - 12:06  | 1269 reads

Car Number 6

First published on August 28, 2008 - 03:19  | 419 reads

Carlos the Young Coffee Picker

First published on October 30, 2006 - 20:05  | 1020 reads

Catch a Rising Star

First published on May 21, 2007 - 03:24  | 616 reads

Cemetery Road

First published on April 29, 2007 - 03:53  | 693 reads

Cindy's Fall

First published on January 13, 2009 - 00:20  | 429 reads

Country Kids, Those

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:50  | 945 reads

create, create

First published on August 9, 2006 - 16:08  | 807 reads

Daddy, Can You Hear Me?

First published on January 19, 2007 - 04:42  | 791 reads

Decider

First published on December 30, 2005 - 23:32  | 1035 reads

deleted

First published on May 11, 2006 - 19:03  | 882 reads

Delight, The Sweet

First published on September 12, 2004 - 11:07  | 960 reads

Developed and Scary

First published on October 26, 2007 - 19:31  | 697 reads

Don't Call Her First Lady

First published on September 28, 2006 - 16:16  | 768 reads

E Nude in Semidarkness

First published on September 12, 2004 - 14:08  | 2192 reads

Each A Star

First published on August 17, 2006 - 22:27  | 846 reads

Eight Scotty Shrimp Poems

First published on May 12, 2007 - 20:37  | 905 reads

Every Day We Pierce Him

First published on September 24, 2006 - 22:46  | 790 reads

Find Myself

First published on September 20, 2006 - 15:40  | 792 reads

For Haunted Eons

First published on February 4, 2007 - 04:34  | 629 reads

For Starters

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43  | 1317 reads

Frances Jane: God's Happy Servant

First published on October 28, 2008 - 03:58  | 483 reads

Free Painted Mustangs

First published on November 24, 2007 - 20:47  | 547 reads

G Drifting on the Flint

First published on September 12, 2004 - 14:08  | 993 reads

generosity

First published on May 17, 2006 - 22:42  | 805 reads

Glistening Stars

First published on February 22, 2008 - 22:47  | 654 reads

Goethe's Trinity

First published on March 9, 2008 - 04:30  | 452 reads

Gone Is Our Lisa

First published on March 28, 2008 - 17:13  | 435 reads

Good News from shoebox

First published on November 17, 2009 - 00:32  | 328 reads

Goodbye Christmas, Goodbye Santa

First published on December 28, 2006 - 07:01  | 713 reads

Grandson Poem

First published on September 17, 2007 - 18:23  | 1146 reads

Grandstand

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:38  | 820 reads

H-A-T-R-E-D

First published on June 27, 2007 - 20:27  | 618 reads

His Heart

First published on February 16, 2007 - 04:13  | 642 reads

Homeward

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:34  | 805 reads

Hospital Room

First published on October 16, 2006 - 23:13  | 731 reads

Housing, The

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:43  | 1197 reads

How In Colombia I Grew In Mind and Soul (and nowadays grow in girth)

First published on May 4, 2007 - 05:13  | 601 reads

How They Fly and Fly

First published on November 22, 2007 - 04:05  | 477 reads

I Fell In Love With You

First published on August 16, 2006 - 20:20  | 825 reads

I Find My Sanity

First published on December 8, 2005 - 21:57  | 1177 reads

I Have No Beef

First published on December 6, 2006 - 02:41  | 773 reads

I Live In Hell

First published on June 4, 2007 - 22:49  | 802 reads

I'll Play in the Band

First published on May 12, 2007 - 21:53  | 648 reads

I'm Glad We Heard from You Today

First published on September 12, 2007 - 17:09  | 649 reads

If I Could Take a Lover

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:41  | 1009 reads

In my mind I cheat on you

First published on August 14, 2006 - 15:52  | 782 reads

in our minds

First published on June 17, 2006 - 20:59  | 778 reads

In the Outside Cold

First published on January 13, 2007 - 17:57  | 646 reads

Incompatibility

First published on November 20, 2005 - 21:37  | 1086 reads

Interview of a South American Gay

First published on December 21, 2006 - 06:15  | 726 reads

It Was Raining

First published on April 30, 2007 - 03:33  | 644 reads

James Benedetti's Daughter

First published on January 13, 2007 - 18:01  | 647 reads

John and Juan: Colombia's "Facebook" Killers

First published on May 2, 2010 - 21:12  | 562 reads

Judge's Wife, The

First published on September 12, 2004 - 12:00  | 1923 reads

Just Imagine

First published on May 14, 2007 - 20:00  | 764 reads

K Young and Naked

First published on September 12, 2004 - 14:08  | 1346 reads

L for Killer of Dreams

First published on September 13, 2004 - 12:23  | 1142 reads

L-O-V-E

First published on June 9, 2007 - 06:20  | 857 reads

lamb astray

First published on November 23, 2005 - 23:19  | 1046 reads

Lassie: about a Pal (no joke)

First published on November 30, 2008 - 04:03  | 687 reads

Let's Just Love Love, Luv

First published on August 14, 2007 - 21:48  | 745 reads

Letter to Elvis 1

First published on October 30, 2006 - 05:11  | 727 reads

life on the shelf

First published on August 16, 2006 - 16:28  | 797 reads

Like A Story

First published on April 15, 2008 - 04:56  | 487 reads

Like a Wave

First published on May 14, 2008 - 23:10  | 557 reads

lions young

First published on August 9, 2006 - 16:04  | 821 reads

Little Is Much

First published on September 8, 2008 - 19:30  | 452 reads

lonely hunter

First published on May 11, 2006 - 19:01  | 826 reads

Maybe To Pittsburgh This Time

First published on January 21, 2007 - 22:24  | 722 reads

Meet Mary

First published on August 20, 2006 - 22:56  | 730 reads

Mine Eyes Have Seen

First published on June 5, 2006 - 18:58  | 794 reads

Miss Joan Mowat

First published on June 28, 2007 - 04:40  | 635 reads

Mr. Nico's Monday A.M. Surprise

First published on March 30, 2006 - 17:01  | 898 reads

my big toe nicely

First published on August 17, 2006 - 22:29  | 807 reads

My Gravestone Says

First published on December 8, 2006 - 04:50  | 854 reads

My Horse Barney

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:46  | 1275 reads

My Men Are Full of Vigor

First published on August 9, 2006 - 16:11  | 883 reads

My Son

First published on April 15, 2009 - 02:27  | 458 reads

None of That

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:46  | 1171 reads

Normally A Gentle Man

First published on April 23, 2008 - 22:33  | 525 reads

O Father Hold Us Tightly

First published on September 27, 2006 - 00:47  | 724 reads

Oh Cherry

First published on June 1, 2007 - 04:29  | 819 reads

Oh Milly Said Molly

First published on February 11, 2006 - 01:58  | 1004 reads

Oh the Jubilee Is Here!

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:48  | 1223 reads

Old Love Is Still Love

First published on May 28, 2007 - 18:08  | 781 reads

On A Limb in the Garden Oak

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:36  | 852 reads

Once I Thought Hypocrisy

First published on November 4, 2006 - 20:00  | 700 reads

One

First published on February 9, 2008 - 17:30  | 616 reads

One of the World's

First published on March 19, 2009 - 19:38  | 326 reads

Outside My Kitchen Door

First published on August 25, 2005 - 17:16  | 1355 reads

P for A Frightful Fear

First published on September 13, 2004 - 12:24  | 962 reads

Plantain

First published on September 10, 2005 - 18:12  | 1375 reads

Please Send Me Blessings

First published on April 4, 2008 - 22:39  | 483 reads

Poems of Love

First published on October 19, 2007 - 18:45  | 579 reads

Poet/Photographer/Writer Interview

First published on July 27, 2007 - 21:28  | 610 reads

Poor Daddy

First published on January 29, 2007 - 22:52  | 657 reads

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

First published on September 9, 2006 - 20:16  | 815 reads

Put Asunder

First published on March 25, 2008 - 20:34  | 447 reads

Q for Naked Come I

First published on September 13, 2004 - 14:18  | 1170 reads

Quietly in the Garden

First published on May 19, 2008 - 20:19  | 647 reads

Quite Harmless You See

First published on January 2, 2007 - 07:42  | 636 reads

Rainy Christmas Eve

First published on December 26, 2006 - 03:22  | 677 reads

Reading Presley's Lips

First published on September 8, 2006 - 16:10  | 766 reads

realities

First published on June 7, 2006 - 16:00  | 864 reads

Religious Poems for Children

First published on February 11, 2006 - 02:30  | 7330 reads

Remembering Doug

First published on August 20, 2006 - 22:54  | 771 reads

Ride, As We Ride

First published on September 12, 2004 - 12:09  | 1175 reads

Saintly Wish

First published on October 25, 2005 - 19:08  | 1160 reads

Sand Castle

First published on February 22, 2009 - 06:56  | 325 reads

Schoolgirl

First published on September 29, 2006 - 15:38  | 768 reads

Second Nature

First published on January 1, 2006 - 00:19  | 998 reads

See a Rose

First published on April 25, 2008 - 16:25  | 465 reads

she never ever

First published on September 6, 2006 - 17:55  | 772 reads

She Walked in Beauty

First published on November 11, 2005 - 14:52  | 1177 reads

Stand By Me

First published on September 8, 2006 - 15:47  | 769 reads

Starstruck

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:48  | 986 reads

Sweet Nature

First published on March 28, 2007 - 02:49  | 758 reads

that little spark

First published on June 7, 2006 - 23:29  | 750 reads

The "New" House

First published on July 9, 2008 - 00:53  | 528 reads

The 3 of Us

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:46  | 1203 reads

The Big It

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:39  | 827 reads

The Breakfast Nook

First published on December 5, 2007 - 16:53  | 579 reads

The Button Box

First published on July 3, 2006 - 07:14  | 803 reads

The Chocolate Bunny of Stone Mountain

First published on April 15, 2007 - 01:11  | 732 reads

the cold March air

First published on June 17, 2006 - 21:02  | 803 reads

The Comfort

First published on September 23, 2005 - 22:59  | 1127 reads

The Donkey Farm

First published on April 7, 2007 - 03:10  | 909 reads

The Goodbye

First published on February 17, 2009 - 04:51  | 399 reads

The Great Booths of England

First published on September 26, 2007 - 04:49  | 574 reads

The Hands

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:41  | 909 reads

The Head of State's Eyes

First published on September 13, 2006 - 15:44  | 802 reads

The Hour

First published on June 9, 2006 - 16:42  | 815 reads

The Human Condition(by the pessimist)

First published on August 16, 2006 - 16:26  | 741 reads

The New One

First published on September 13, 2005 - 20:15  | 1158 reads

The People I Prefer

First published on September 22, 2006 - 22:40  | 747 reads

The Power

First published on July 3, 2006 - 06:40  | 770 reads

The Road

First published on October 23, 2006 - 22:07  | 787 reads

The Summer Wind

First published on September 12, 2005 - 14:34  | 1307 reads

The Tiger In My Bed

First published on July 15, 2007 - 01:11  | 668 reads

The Turn of Your Old Key

First published on June 7, 2006 - 15:59  | 767 reads

The Very Best Poems

First published on February 4, 2006 - 20:16  | 1029 reads

There Will Be No Losers

First published on April 29, 2008 - 18:37  | 460 reads

They Started a War

First published on September 20, 2005 - 01:53  | 1247 reads

Thin Air

First published on November 2, 2006 - 15:34  | 691 reads

this thirst

First published on June 7, 2006 - 23:27  | 840 reads

those images

First published on June 19, 2006 - 00:06  | 859 reads

Tight Jeans (4)

First published on February 13, 2009 - 03:44  | 360 reads

Tight Jeans 3

First published on December 12, 2008 - 06:50  | 391 reads

Tiny Poem

First published on April 20, 2008 - 02:13  | 525 reads

To An Old Widower

First published on January 15, 2007 - 06:02  | 706 reads

To My Heart

First published on December 15, 2006 - 04:29  | 648 reads

To The World And Thee

First published on August 4, 2007 - 05:32  | 613 reads

Tonight You Die

First published on August 13, 2008 - 03:05  | 461 reads

TREES

First published on August 23, 2008 - 19:59  | 453 reads

Trying to Cross

First published on October 15, 2007 - 22:08  | 518 reads

Urban Frat

First published on September 17, 2008 - 05:01  | 468 reads

Very Much So

First published on September 12, 2004 - 11:04  | 1165 reads

Walter Disney: Changing the world and making people laugh

First published on November 10, 2008 - 09:39  | 562 reads

Warm Weather in Mid-March

First published on September 12, 2004 - 10:41  | 1844 reads

Watchdogs

First published on May 5, 2007 - 05:53  | 593 reads

We Loved Her So Much

First published on July 4, 2008 - 06:21  | 438 reads

Wesley Beaver Commemorative Poems

First published on May 20, 2006 - 20:28  | 4320 reads

What Did Jose Say?

First published on May 25, 2006 - 22:14  | 734 reads

When We Shall Leave This Place

First published on December 16, 2006 - 03:56  | 1623 reads

Where's Our Tommy Lee?

First published on May 25, 2006 - 22:26  | 805 reads

Why I Read Once and Still Read

First published on December 29, 2007 - 21:21  | 474 reads

Wide Flowers

First published on June 21, 2008 - 17:24  | 469 reads

Wine of a different house and colour

First published on August 14, 2006 - 15:55  | 795 reads

Would That I Could Pen

First published on September 6, 2006 - 17:57  | 826 reads

X for His Light-Coloured Eyes

First published on September 13, 2004 - 16:31  | 1203 reads

You Fall In Love

First published on March 16, 2007 - 04:47  | 672 reads

You Say You Like

First published on September 12, 2004 - 14:08  | 1227 reads

Your lips tell me

First published on October 6, 2007 - 20:28  | 660 reads

Your Love

First published on May 17, 2008 - 23:06  | 569 reads

Your Real Beauty

First published on January 19, 2008 - 05:50  | 470 reads

Your Red, Red Heart

First published on December 24, 2006 - 06:43  | 714 reads

Zinnias and Tea

First published on November 16, 2005 - 15:03  | 1084 reads