In Cadenced Thought

May you enjoy reading these twenty-five poems as much as John enjoyed writing them. This is a selection of favorites. You might read them aloud to savor them. The poem "The Twins" was written shortly after nine-eleven to help express some feelings at the time. It is in triple rhyme and refers to two kinds of twins.

Two Sample Stanzas,

Bitter cold and dark are fitting times for rest.
But rest is breeding strength.
The bud must form before the world is blest.
Roots grow, then leaves have length.
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Below the frozen hardness, roots are going deep.
For summer's drought is dry.
Like trees I gather strength, my summers fruit to keep,
My autumn gold to fly.