Life With Jules, and other stuff

Ok, so I am in grad school studying History and Culture of the Middle East. My primary focus is (hopefully) going to be ancient Iraq. My goal is to one day travel to this country and be able to see all of the remains of ancient sites. For now, I hold the sailors and soldiers in my prayers. Here is one that I wrote in the earliest hours of our engagement in Iraq in 1990/1. memory of war a sound of drums beating in the distance a smell of death in the air the blinding sun sets low in the sky another day passed another to come the soldiers are awake at the break of dawn they prepare to fight for the freedom of all gunfire ringing in the air a clinging memory to those who were there november 6, 1990

Well, the sun isn't quite on the horizon yet, but it takes me back 18 years ago today to a beautiful sunset I witnessed while living in Orlando. Following is a poem I wrote in an attempt to describe how vivid it was... THE SUNSET The sunset that night was brilliantly orange it’s enough to take your breath away. The sunset that night held a bit of mystery intriguingly beautiful all colors alive. As time passes on the sunset fades and darkness falls across this place. April 11, 1990

At heart, I am a poet. I have written over 100 poems in my lifetime. I would like to use this blog space as not only a means to communicate with others, but to share the words I have written and will write in the future. I hope you enjoy this little corner of my world! I think I will start off with something I have already written and one of my favorite pasttimes: A haiku Here I sit on you My flowery little friend; Shall we dance today? September 16, 2002