Poem Index By Theme

Poems are rated on a one to five star scale with five star being my favorites. You may disagree with my evaluation. If you do, drop me a line. Some poems have been placed in more than one topic.

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Themes
About Friends
Awareness and Appreciation of Life
Business and Technology
Dating
Divorce and Separation
Good Health
Humor
Living and Dying
Love
Magic
Movies and Popular Culture References
Observations
Passion
Political Commentary
Sports
Sleep
Song Lyrics
Technology
Writing


About Friends 
Astronomy *****
Bounce and Motivate ***
Dutch Elm  ***
Lake Life ****
Lore and Lies **
The Magnificent Seven *
Young Gods Two ***


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Awareness and Appreciation of Life 
Aphrodite Diet *****
Bridge from Pride ***  
California Walk **
Day 11 *****
Dinner At Three Fish **
Disastrous Margaritas on the Floor  ***
Dog Show ***
Double Seoul ***
Dutch Elm  ***
Escalation Rising ***
Eight Roads **
Helix Serving ***
How to Visit the Zoo ****
I Can Do Anything Now *****
Lake Life ****
Licensed Californian ****
Neck Bite *****
19th Avenue Miracle  ***
Shot Half Fired ****
Sometimes **
Summer Solstice *
Sunnyvale ****
Sunshine, Blue Sky  **
Tectonic Shift ****
The Dark Side of the Moon ***
The Fair ***
The Magnificent Seven *
Umbrella **
Your Eyes  ***


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Business and Technology 
Breathless **
Memory Offload ****
Optical Canon **
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
The Oracle of 500 ***


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Dating 
Cowboy and Indian  ***
Energy Conservation ***
Exiting Star **
How to ***
Molly Stone's Parking Lot ****
Summer in Wintry Fog the City Lay ****
Tango Lesson **
Voyage ****


Divorce and Separation 
Advice to a Friend *****
Angels Fear to Tread on Barren Earth *****
Beach Erosion *****
California Weaving *****
I Can Do Anything Now *****
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
Sailors and Farmers, Monster and Ships **
Summer in Wintry Fog the City Lay ****
Sweet Water and Rain ****
The Song of Divorce *
Two Poets Slamming *
Your Eyes  ***


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Good Health 
Bounce and Motivate ***
California Weaving *****
Energy Conservation ***
Flat Out ***
Evening Walk at Edge of Night ****
Helix Serving ***
I Can Do Anything Now *****
Lake Life ****
Licensed Californian ****
Moments of Awareness   ****
Neck Bite *****
Run Silent Run Deep ****
Sleep Bitch and Dawn *****
Superman ***
Tectonic Shift ****
The Dance ****
The Fair ***
The Twelve Percent Rule **



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Humor 
Acoustic Staging **
Addendum ***
Dark Chocolate Profiterole ****
Dog Show ***
Goldfish as Friends ****
Half Moons on the Bay *****
Howl of the Hounds ***
I Did Not Know I Was a Witch *****
I Hate Carl ***
Kvetsch **
Late Again *
Molly Stone's Parking Lot ****
Mount Tam *
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
Secret Tales *
Sleep Bitch and Dawn *****
Socks and Opera *
The Dog That Did Not Bark in the Night *
The Fruit of Orange County ****
The Twelve Percent Rule **
2001: A New Odyssey
Useful Information about Your Septic Tank **


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Living and Dying 
A Thousand Stars Falling On Our Heads *****
Distracted ****
Dutch Elm  ***
Eight Roads **
Flat Out ***
Spin. The earth does not rotate around the sun *
Leon Stuart *
She Told Me Tales **
Sunnyvale ****
Tectonic Shift ***
The Dance ****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals *****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals (long version) *****
Three Times *


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Love 
Advice to a Friend *****
Angels Fear to Tread on Barren Earth *****
Angry Finger, Soothing Wind ****
A Thousand Stars Falling On Our Heads *****
Beach Erosion *****
California Weaving *****
Cartography of Sent **
Distracted ****
Exoconscious ***
Flat Out ***
Joy & Anomie ***
Lament Transformed (draft 2) ****
Love Letter ***
Memory Offload ****
Moments of Awareness   ****
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
Perhaps *****
Recovery *****
Rule of For ***
Run Silent Run Deep ****
Sailors and Farmers, Monster and Ships **
Seagull **
Sweet Water and Rain ****
The Song of Divorce *
The Tennis Racquet: A Poem About Love  *****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals *****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals (long version) *****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals ***** (Two stage version)
Two Poets Slamming *
When Love Fails **
Wimbledon Came Early This Year ****


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Magic 
A Thousand Stars Falling On Our Heads *****
I Did Not Know I Was a Witch *****
Neck Bite *****
The Curving Line  **
Recovery *****
Rule of For ***


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Movie and Popular Culture References 
Baseball Season *
Cowboy and Indian  ***
Ethnic **
Superman ***
2001: A New Odyssey
Neck Bite *****
New York Times August 14, 2003 ***
Japanese Booth Bimbo and Klingon  *****
Run Silent Run Deep ****


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Observations 
Artemis and Beagles in Suburbia ****
Baseball Season *
Bounce and Motivate ***
Coke Can of Destruction **
Dog Show ***
Fair Trade ****
Helix Serving ***
In Tandem ****
Japanese Booth Bimbo and Klingon  *****
July at Pt. Reyes **
Leon Stuart *
Lore and Lies **
Los Angeles  ***
Molly Stone's Parking Lot ****
Montreal ***
New York Times August 14, 2003 ***
Pedestrian Thinking *
Sheila Behind the Bar Dancing ***
Tear On The Dotted Line ***
The Dark Side of the Moon ****
The Dark Side of the Moon **** (Version 2)
The Fruit of Orange County ****
The Pope of Sweetwater **
The Tree, the Face, the Petal ****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals ***** (Two stage version)
The Twelve Percent Rule **


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Passion 
Dinner At Three Fish **
Helix Serving ***
Moments of Awareness   ****
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
Run Silent Run Deep ****
Secret Tales *
The Tennis Racquet: A Poem About Love  *****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals ****
The Tree, the Face, the Petals (long version) ***** (poem for four voices)
The Tree, the Face, the Petals ***** (Two stage version)
Wimbledon Came Early This Year ****


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Political Commentary 
I Met an American *
Lore and Lies **
Spin. The earth does not rotate around the sun *
Still Burning Dimly ***
Superman ***
The Fence  ***
Tired Assassination ***


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Sleep 
Altered State: Sleeping With the Machine ***
A Thousand Stars Falling On Our Heads *****
Sleep Bitch and Dawn *****
Tectonic Shift ****

 Song Lyrics
Sweet Water and Rain ****
The Blue Pill of Love ***
Turn the Page Again ***

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Sports 
Baseball Season *
Bounce and Motivate ***
Helix Serving ***
I Can Do Anything Now *****
In Tandem ****
Licensed Californian ****
The Curving Line  **
The Tennis Racquet: A Poem About Love  *****
Three Times *


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Technology 
Dog Show ***
Exoconscious ***
Lore and Lies ***
Lunch ***
Memory Offload ****
Owed To a Spreadsheet: Spread the Sheets For Love ****
Quality of Service *****
Still Burning Dimly ***
Sunnyvale ****
Tectonic Shift ****
2001: A New Odyssey
Useful Information about Your Septic Tank **


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Writing 
Growing Up Publishing  ***
Lunch ***
Two Poets Slamming *
Useful Information about Your Septic Tank **

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