by Ron Sokol | Jan 26, 2020 | Poems
Everyone every thing Absolutely all Insect animal tree (what am I leaving out?) will pass away We die The moment we arrive the time clock starts Do you race to the finish line? Do you skip and have nary a care? Or are you a flower who wilts even in the soft rain? I...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 22, 2020 | Poems
I will light a candle and ask that you do so as well At night the candle will be visible from a window to the world the whole wide world (even if just barely) And please from a window sill, wherever you are It will say: Hold firm to the creed that we will try and try...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 19, 2020 | Poems
Not left on the front porch Not ordered on line In fact struggled mightily Barely arrived Finally Tattered worn but breathing And survived to this moment to write to everyone Anyone My mom and dad bought a statue the week of my birth I have it here All this time it...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 16, 2020 | Poems
Will I make it? The baby then tries to stand Will I survive? The cancer patient is then wheeled into surgery The sun never asks It is there all the time Powerful spectacular and insistent Always has been since the very beginning Between your birth and your demise my...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 10, 2020 | Poems, Uncategorized
When will it be my time… When? She stood on stage facing an empty auditorium except for a dog who barked, ran from the aisle up the stairs and jumped against her full of unbridled joy A month later she bowed The play is very very well received She is in a most...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 5, 2020 | Poems
Don’t tell me I can’t Don’t tell me I shouldn’t The sky is just a petal away If you won’t reach out Fine Mom and dad said “Just get there even if we did not” Mom and dad were tree and branch Gramma grand pa the roots Plants grow from rock for goodness sakes! I don’t...
