Was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1949. Enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1966 and served in the Republic of Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division. Haunted by my experiences in Vietnam I began to write poems to help me cope with the painful memories I still carry.
I am currently retired from the Baltimore City Police Department. Poems I've submitted on PoemHunter.Com are about a range of issues and things that matter to me.
Be not afraid
As you climb the hill
Look back behind you
Take in your fill
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Did you ever wonder
About your very last day?
How would you spend it?
What would you say?
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Rode by houses
I lived in in the day
Now boarded-up relics
wood rot and decay
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You spend your life
Being nourished and loved.
From those special people
The ones, God sent from above.
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