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Boarding a plane on a sunny San Diego afternoon boys in combat fatigues take their seats like vacationers and so many business men smiling and joking, naively unconscious of the dissonance smiling stewardesses and assurances from the cockpit of a smooth flight casts against the backdrop of their destination. The hum of jet engines […]
We marked time by the rhythm of her breath tick tocking in the hushed anticipation of her leave taking. Like an old coat he lay draped on the foot of her bed, Cradling his tired face in his hands Lifting it each time the tempo of her breathing changed eyeing her then, me ashamed of […]
The pink lady with Crayolas Came to my sick bed one night and Sat in a gray steel chair Smiling. She drew a crayon from the box and began To color my heart. “What color is this? I asked Admiring her handiwork. What color does it say?” And she answered. “The color of the sun […]
Oh, how my heart aches Her final words vanishing Among the rising din of distracted conversations. An embarrassed thank you And the hollow sound of her father’s solitary applause Alone She casts about for the exit Where florescent light Only accentuates the presence she longs to diminish. Across her neck and chest I now see […]
Maria Of the tar-paper shack and dirt floor Maria Of the igloo cooler and bunson burner Of the water barrel and outhouse Maria of Jesus Stood in darkness But for sunlight shards That found the wall cracks And cast her Radiant, The dull white dress and torn ear lobe, Her eyes liquid And gratitude She […]
In this charming spiritual adventure, author and former pastor David L. Heaney uses the adventurous journey of a dog, a rat, and a parrot to impart important truths about the nature of life and the inevitability of death. Niles, an aging Yorkie, has led a pampered life with his two loving owners and knows nothing […]
Early every morning I take my dog, Oona for a long walk along the paths that outline the fairways of the golf course I live next to. We walk before the golfers hit the trails with their electric carts and colorful outfits. The birds of Central North Carolina are pleasantly lively so we are accompanied […]
It’s been said that it takes two to create a masterpiece- the artist and someone to shoot the artist when the work is finished. After I have written something I find it often continues to occupy my attention even after I have dusted off my hands and pushed the publish button on a blog post […]
You are familiar with “details” that are called out in works of art. You know, they are the smaller pictures that sit below the featured photo of a masterwork in one of those unwieldy books on the history of art. Perhaps the detail captures an extended hand, a flower, the embroidery on a piece of […]
It has not been such a long time That I should forget You lying in the orchard Naked and unafraid; Or the tenderness Of Cummings’ verse You gave me then, and I now Carry in my heart; Or, the reach of your arms Reflected in the mirror That has one hundred times Closed the distance […]