Smooth Sailing I

Stories in this set

"Old Quake"

Submitted on October 28, 2006 - 19:12 | 433 reads

A Lamb's Eyes

Submitted on June 16, 2007 - 04:20 | 317 reads

A Little Poem

Submitted on March 9, 2007 - 19:46 | 366 reads

A Matter of Timing, Frankly

Submitted on January 13, 2007 - 16:54 | 346 reads

A Million Times Plus One

Submitted on September 11, 2006 - 20:06 | 578 reads

A Parent's Lament

Submitted on September 2, 2008 - 15:32 | 92 reads

A Pip

Submitted on April 23, 2008 - 15:20 | 139 reads

A Purple Jacket

Submitted on March 14, 2008 - 17:48 | 210 reads

A Red May Rose for Thee

Submitted on May 6, 2007 - 16:56 | 404 reads

A Royal Ring Up

Submitted on September 17, 2005 - 21:54 | 700 reads

A Songbird's Intellect

Submitted on July 26, 2006 - 22:02 | 540 reads

About Daddy (2)

Submitted on June 18, 2007 - 03:37 | 299 reads

About Daddy (3)

Submitted on June 24, 2007 - 03:22 | 366 reads

About Daddy (4)

Submitted on August 16, 2007 - 01:44 | 337 reads

About Daddy (5)

Submitted on September 3, 2007 - 16:45 | 254 reads

About Daddy (7)

Submitted on November 4, 2007 - 20:49 | 216 reads

About Daddy Series (#s 8 to 11)

Submitted on April 6, 2008 - 03:51 | 142 reads

About Respect and Prestige

Submitted on April 12, 2008 - 18:44 | 156 reads

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

Submitted on February 11, 2006 - 00:50 | 757 reads

Abrakadomebra: 2nd celebration of children's verse

Submitted on October 22, 2006 - 04:32 | 450 reads

Abrakadoobra: 100 Short Poems For Children

Submitted on January 2, 2006 - 15:36 | 3069 reads

Abrakadyebra: 3rd celebration of children's verse

Submitted on October 22, 2006 - 20:08 | 409 reads

abstinence

Submitted on August 9, 2006 - 15:06 | 469 reads

Adestes: Little Christmas Poems for Children

Submitted on April 20, 2006 - 21:18 | 2048 reads

Ah, Favourite City

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 10:16 | 662 reads

Ann Rule: The Lady Who Writes About Killers

Submitted on November 17, 2008 - 03:14 | 53 reads

Another Prince Charles: Gift of England to the Christian World

Submitted on November 2, 2008 - 04:42 | 64 reads

Apostrophe, My Poor Dear

Submitted on November 25, 2006 - 15:29 | 386 reads

As I Lay Dying In Reno

Submitted on June 26, 2007 - 19:59 | 273 reads

At Least You Passed

Submitted on June 16, 2008 - 19:48 | 176 reads

Back East

Submitted on October 24, 2008 - 15:00 | 64 reads

Back through the Trees

Submitted on October 25, 2006 - 02:43 | 460 reads

Barbarian of the Local Sort

Submitted on November 12, 2006 - 05:07 | 422 reads

Because His Skin Is Dark

Submitted on August 16, 2006 - 19:48 | 475 reads

blood

Submitted on June 7, 2006 - 22:26 | 498 reads

Business Talents

Submitted on March 4, 2008 - 02:00 | 170 reads

Busy, We're Busy Living

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 11:06 | 774 reads

Car Number 6

Submitted on August 28, 2008 - 02:19 | 125 reads

Carlos the Young Coffee Picker

Submitted on October 30, 2006 - 19:05 | 524 reads

Catch a Rising Star

Submitted on May 21, 2007 - 02:24 | 292 reads

Cemetery Road

Submitted on April 29, 2007 - 02:53 | 305 reads

Country Kids, Those

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:50 | 591 reads

create, create

Submitted on August 9, 2006 - 15:08 | 425 reads

Daddy, Can You Hear Me?

Submitted on January 19, 2007 - 03:42 | 406 reads

Decider

Submitted on December 30, 2005 - 22:32 | 675 reads

deleted

Submitted on May 11, 2006 - 18:03 | 508 reads

Delight, The Sweet

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 10:07 | 609 reads

Developed and Scary

Submitted on October 26, 2007 - 18:31 | 254 reads

Don't Call Her First Lady

Submitted on September 28, 2006 - 15:16 | 453 reads

E Nude in Semidarkness

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 13:08 | 1044 reads

Each A Star

Submitted on August 17, 2006 - 21:27 | 457 reads

Eight Scotty Shrimp Poems

Submitted on May 12, 2007 - 19:37 | 365 reads

Every Day We Pierce Him

Submitted on September 24, 2006 - 21:46 | 404 reads

Find Myself

Submitted on September 20, 2006 - 14:40 | 418 reads

For Haunted Eons

Submitted on February 4, 2007 - 03:34 | 298 reads

For Starters

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 794 reads

Frances Jane: God's Happy Servant

Submitted on October 28, 2008 - 02:58 | 71 reads

Free Painted Mustangs

Submitted on November 24, 2007 - 19:47 | 199 reads

G Drifting on the Flint

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 13:08 | 636 reads

generosity

Submitted on May 17, 2006 - 21:42 | 464 reads

Glistening Stars

Submitted on February 22, 2008 - 21:47 | 191 reads

Goethe's Trinity

Submitted on March 9, 2008 - 03:30 | 130 reads

Gone Is Our Lisa

Submitted on March 28, 2008 - 16:13 | 136 reads

Goodbye Christmas, Goodbye Santa

Submitted on December 28, 2006 - 06:01 | 371 reads

Grandson Poem

Submitted on September 17, 2007 - 17:23 | 480 reads

Grandstand

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:38 | 462 reads

H-A-T-R-E-D

Submitted on June 27, 2007 - 19:27 | 318 reads

His Heart

Submitted on February 16, 2007 - 03:13 | 341 reads

Homeward

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:34 | 471 reads

Hospital Room

Submitted on October 16, 2006 - 22:13 | 442 reads

Housing, The

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:43 | 666 reads

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

Submitted on May 4, 2007 - 04:13 | 288 reads

How They Fly and Fly

Submitted on November 22, 2007 - 03:05 | 186 reads

I Fell In Love With You

Submitted on August 16, 2006 - 19:20 | 465 reads

I Find My Sanity

Submitted on December 8, 2005 - 20:57 | 766 reads

I Have No Beef

Submitted on December 6, 2006 - 01:41 | 427 reads

I Live In Hell

Submitted on June 4, 2007 - 21:49 | 354 reads

I'll Play in the Band

Submitted on May 12, 2007 - 20:53 | 294 reads

I'm Glad We Heard from You Today

Submitted on September 12, 2007 - 16:09 | 246 reads

If I Could Take a Lover

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:41 | 622 reads

In my mind I cheat on you

Submitted on August 14, 2006 - 14:52 | 445 reads

in our minds

Submitted on June 17, 2006 - 19:59 | 456 reads

In the Outside Cold

Submitted on January 13, 2007 - 16:57 | 335 reads

Incompatibility

Submitted on November 20, 2005 - 20:37 | 693 reads

Interview of a South American Gay

Submitted on December 21, 2006 - 05:15 | 420 reads

It Was Raining

Submitted on April 30, 2007 - 02:33 | 319 reads

James Benedetti's Daughter

Submitted on January 13, 2007 - 17:01 | 352 reads

Judge's Wife, The

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 11:00 | 1203 reads

Just Imagine

Submitted on May 14, 2007 - 19:00 | 351 reads

K Young and Naked

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 13:08 | 840 reads

L for Killer of Dreams

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 11:23 | 668 reads

L-O-V-E

Submitted on June 9, 2007 - 05:20 | 378 reads

lamb astray

Submitted on November 23, 2005 - 22:19 | 686 reads

Lassie: about a Pal (no joke)

Submitted on November 30, 2008 - 03:03 | 47 reads

Let's Just Love Love, Luv

Submitted on August 14, 2007 - 20:48 | 327 reads

Letter to Elvis 1

Submitted on October 30, 2006 - 04:11 | 433 reads

life on the shelf

Submitted on August 16, 2006 - 15:28 | 466 reads

Like A Story

Submitted on April 15, 2008 - 03:56 | 129 reads

Like a Wave

Submitted on May 14, 2008 - 22:10 | 146 reads

lions young

Submitted on August 9, 2006 - 15:04 | 490 reads

Little Is Much

Submitted on September 8, 2008 - 18:30 | 107 reads

lonely hunter

Submitted on May 11, 2006 - 18:01 | 508 reads

Maybe To Pittsburgh This Time

Submitted on January 21, 2007 - 21:24 | 349 reads

Meet Mary

Submitted on August 20, 2006 - 21:56 | 395 reads

Mine Eyes Have Seen

Submitted on June 5, 2006 - 17:58 | 494 reads

Miss Joan Mowat

Submitted on June 28, 2007 - 03:40 | 294 reads

Mr. Nico's Monday A.M. Surprise

Submitted on March 30, 2006 - 16:01 | 549 reads

my big toe nicely

Submitted on August 17, 2006 - 21:29 | 474 reads

My Gravestone Says

Submitted on December 8, 2006 - 03:50 | 421 reads

My Horse Barney

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:46 | 679 reads

My Men Are Full of Vigor

Submitted on August 9, 2006 - 15:11 | 541 reads

None of That

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:46 | 673 reads

Normally A Gentle Man

Submitted on April 23, 2008 - 21:33 | 201 reads

O Father Hold Us Tightly

Submitted on September 26, 2006 - 23:47 | 418 reads

Oh Cherry

Submitted on June 1, 2007 - 03:29 | 385 reads

Oh Milly Said Molly

Submitted on February 11, 2006 - 00:58 | 624 reads

Oh the Jubilee Is Here!

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:48 | 681 reads

Old Love Is Still Love

Submitted on May 28, 2007 - 17:08 | 336 reads

On A Limb in the Garden Oak

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:36 | 492 reads

Once I Thought Hypocrisy

Submitted on November 4, 2006 - 19:00 | 383 reads

One

Submitted on February 9, 2008 - 16:30 | 207 reads

Outside My Kitchen Door

Submitted on August 25, 2005 - 16:16 | 886 reads

P for A Frightful Fear

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 11:24 | 609 reads

Plantain

Submitted on September 10, 2005 - 17:12 | 922 reads

Please Send Me Blessings

Submitted on April 4, 2008 - 21:39 | 136 reads

Poems of Love

Submitted on October 19, 2007 - 17:45 | 263 reads

Poet/Photographer/Writer Interview

Submitted on July 27, 2007 - 20:28 | 264 reads

Poor Daddy

Submitted on January 29, 2007 - 21:52 | 347 reads

Precious Lord, Take My Hand

Submitted on September 9, 2006 - 19:16 | 465 reads

Put Asunder

Submitted on March 25, 2008 - 19:34 | 142 reads

Q for Naked Come I

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 13:18 | 674 reads

Quietly in the Garden

Submitted on May 19, 2008 - 19:19 | 169 reads

Quite Harmless You See

Submitted on January 2, 2007 - 06:42 | 356 reads

Rainy Christmas Eve

Submitted on December 26, 2006 - 02:22 | 389 reads

Reading Presley's Lips

Submitted on September 8, 2006 - 15:10 | 424 reads

realities

Submitted on June 7, 2006 - 15:00 | 484 reads

Religious Poems for Children

Submitted on February 11, 2006 - 01:30 | 2479 reads

Remembering Doug

Submitted on August 20, 2006 - 21:54 | 446 reads

Ride, As We Ride

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 11:09 | 672 reads

Saintly Wish

Submitted on October 25, 2005 - 18:08 | 773 reads

Schoolgirl

Submitted on September 29, 2006 - 14:38 | 452 reads

Second Nature

Submitted on December 31, 2005 - 23:19 | 694 reads

See a Rose

Submitted on April 25, 2008 - 15:25 | 142 reads

she never ever

Submitted on September 6, 2006 - 16:55 | 418 reads

She Walked in Beauty

Submitted on November 11, 2005 - 13:52 | 804 reads

Stand By Me

Submitted on September 8, 2006 - 14:47 | 431 reads

Starstruck

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:48 | 597 reads

Sweet Nature

Submitted on March 28, 2007 - 01:49 | 318 reads

that little spark

Submitted on June 7, 2006 - 22:29 | 433 reads

The "New" House

Submitted on July 8, 2008 - 23:53 | 187 reads

The 3 of Us

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:46 | 682 reads

The Big It

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:39 | 496 reads

The Breakfast Nook

Submitted on December 5, 2007 - 15:53 | 283 reads

The Button Box

Submitted on July 3, 2006 - 06:14 | 490 reads

The Chocolate Bunny of Stone Mountain

Submitted on April 15, 2007 - 00:11 | 356 reads

the cold March air

Submitted on June 17, 2006 - 20:02 | 491 reads

The Comfort

Submitted on September 23, 2005 - 21:59 | 752 reads

The Donkey Farm

Submitted on April 7, 2007 - 02:10 | 465 reads

The Great Booths of England

Submitted on September 26, 2007 - 03:49 | 263 reads

The Hands

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:41 | 512 reads

The Head of State's Eyes

Submitted on September 13, 2006 - 14:44 | 427 reads

The Hour

Submitted on June 9, 2006 - 15:42 | 448 reads

The Human Condition(by the pessimist)

Submitted on August 16, 2006 - 15:26 | 413 reads

The New One

Submitted on September 13, 2005 - 19:15 | 787 reads

The People I Prefer

Submitted on September 22, 2006 - 21:40 | 435 reads

The Power

Submitted on July 3, 2006 - 05:40 | 470 reads

The Road

Submitted on October 23, 2006 - 21:07 | 433 reads

The Summer Wind

Submitted on September 12, 2005 - 13:34 | 866 reads

The Tiger In My Bed

Submitted on July 15, 2007 - 00:11 | 314 reads

The Turn of Your Old Key

Submitted on June 7, 2006 - 14:59 | 448 reads

The Very Best Poems

Submitted on February 4, 2006 - 19:16 | 693 reads

There Will Be No Losers

Submitted on April 29, 2008 - 17:37 | 134 reads

They Started a War

Submitted on September 20, 2005 - 00:53 | 802 reads

Thin Air

Submitted on November 2, 2006 - 14:34 | 401 reads

this thirst

Submitted on June 7, 2006 - 22:27 | 486 reads

those images

Submitted on June 18, 2006 - 23:06 | 502 reads

Tight Jeans 3

Submitted on December 12, 2008 - 05:50 | 52 reads

Tiny Poem

Submitted on April 20, 2008 - 01:13 | 147 reads

To An Old Widower

Submitted on January 15, 2007 - 05:02 | 408 reads

To My Heart

Submitted on December 15, 2006 - 03:29 | 352 reads

To The World And Thee

Submitted on August 4, 2007 - 04:32 | 272 reads

Tonight You Die

Submitted on August 13, 2008 - 02:05 | 159 reads

TREES

Submitted on August 23, 2008 - 18:59 | 103 reads

Trying to Cross

Submitted on October 15, 2007 - 21:08 | 194 reads

Urban Frat

Submitted on September 17, 2008 - 04:01 | 105 reads

Very Much So

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 10:04 | 684 reads

Walter Disney: Changing the world and making people laugh

Submitted on November 10, 2008 - 08:39 | 64 reads

Warm Weather in Mid-March

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 09:41 | 893 reads

Watchdogs

Submitted on May 5, 2007 - 04:53 | 279 reads

We Loved Her So Much

Submitted on July 4, 2008 - 05:21 | 148 reads

Wesley Beaver Commemorative Poems

Submitted on May 20, 2006 - 19:28 | 1514 reads

What Did Jose Say?

Submitted on May 25, 2006 - 21:14 | 441 reads

When We Shall Leave This Place

Submitted on December 16, 2006 - 02:56 | 402 reads

Where's Our Tommy Lee?

Submitted on May 25, 2006 - 21:26 | 469 reads

Why I Read Once and Still Read

Submitted on December 29, 2007 - 20:21 | 173 reads

Wide Flowers

Submitted on June 21, 2008 - 16:24 | 150 reads

Wine of a different house and colour

Submitted on August 14, 2006 - 14:55 | 458 reads

Would That I Could Pen

Submitted on September 6, 2006 - 16:57 | 450 reads

X for His Light-Coloured Eyes

Submitted on September 13, 2004 - 15:31 | 694 reads

You Fall In Love

Submitted on March 16, 2007 - 03:47 | 331 reads

You Say You Like

Submitted on September 12, 2004 - 13:08 | 723 reads

Your lips tell me

Submitted on October 6, 2007 - 19:28 | 335 reads

Your Love

Submitted on May 17, 2008 - 22:06 | 164 reads

Your Real Beauty

Submitted on January 19, 2008 - 04:50 | 175 reads

Your Red, Red Heart

Submitted on December 24, 2006 - 05:43 | 399 reads

Zinnias and Tea

Submitted on November 16, 2005 - 14:03 | 725 reads