Tag Archives: Platonic Romance

An Invitation to Read My Short Story-Gliding Beauty

                                         Illustration by Gino 2007 Hi everyone, some of you have already started this 5 chapter story about Umahmad, someone who … Continue reading

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Gliding Beauty – Desert Journey Chapter Four

                                                 Illustration by Gino 2007 Preface: This is Chapter Four of a story, a book I began writing in 2007 in Jordan. I decided to not continue out of respect for the characters (both living and dead) It is a … Continue reading

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Gliding Beauty – Desert Journey Chapter Three

                                               Drawing by Gino 2007 Preface: This is Chapter Three of a story, a book I began writing in 2007 in Jordan. I decided to not continue out of respect for the characters (both living and dead) It is a … Continue reading

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Toni

                                                                   Toni Please push play to hear me recite this poem to Neil Young’s “Helpless” Toni This is the music that played through our days The Canyon was our forever home hippies roaming the sunset strip parading after dark up … Continue reading

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Pure Love

                                      This picture sits on my piano. Please Click Play to hear me recite this poem to the instrumental of “Fade into You”by Mazzy Star Pure Love For Umahmad Look at us in living color staring back from an onyx … Continue reading

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Brand New Platonic Soulmate

Let my heart step out tonight pirouetting on red shoes, flouncing and bouncing down the hallway my chambers pumping in blood-red hues… Open to life, open to love, it skips and slides down marble floors. Every chandelier is a rainbow … Continue reading

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Type-cast by Love

“Amor” by Jack Vettriano Type-cast by Love Even the bad tastes good in my historywhen I turn back the pagesand yes, it was all about love, all aboutthe many ways and forms I was molded,shaped by love, by the sleepless … Continue reading

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Two Poems for Umahmad

Mated BeautyFor Umahmad  In your arms, my pain meets a higher callTo transform obediently tonightInto a funny child with laughing eyesWho glows over the room with gentle light. The gifts we get are measured and beloved,The Writer of our book knows just … Continue reading

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Your Movie

Your Movie For U It seems I’m still not over you not the way I wanted to, immune to white sheer curtains blowing, on warm night winds of memory I no longer sail to where it hurts, but seeing your … Continue reading

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