Poetry by PS

Salutations, digital friends! This week is the most bittersweet week of the year for me. Specifically the date February 7. In 1987, less than a

Hello, my digital friends. Welcome! If you have never seen pictures of the Giant’s Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland, please take a moment to

Warmest welcomes, my dear digital friends! Trying something quite stylistically different for me this week. Those who read my poetry regularly may notice some similar

Hello, my digital friends! It’s such a Shakespearean contemplation… “to be or not to be”… the ultimate soliloquy over life or death. Or as Hamlet

Welcome to 2023, dear digital friends! As winter rages and wanes this odd January (55F in Upstate New York yesterday, so weird) this poem came

Happy New Year, my dear digital friends! I thought I would begin 2023 with a song of gratitude, a paean of appreciation. This year, I

Merry Christmas, my friends! 🎄 Not sure about you, but the weather here is frigid and the snow is howling in Upstate New York this

Salutations, my digital friends! I’ve always wished I could go back in time to interview an ancient Celtic druid or bard. Because the Celts recorded

Hello, friends! I found this poem tucked away in a random folder of unreleased poetry and realized it really spoke to me…. it, in fact,

Hello, my friends! I remember when first drafting this poem, I was stuck on the fourth stanza… how to resolve it? A happy or a

Salutations, my digital friends! I love when poetry – and sometimes words themselves – can have layered meaning. Absolution is one of those words for

Hello, dear digital friends! For those of you who write, have you ever been so inspired by a stimulus – something you see, hear, smell

Greetings, digital friends! My mother passed away one year ago today. For months after she died, I was numb. Did not cry. Did not hurt.

Greetings, my digital friends! The last few weeks have presented you with some pretty dark material. Sorry. Not sorry. Hehe. So this week, I thought

Happy Halloween weekend, dear digital friends! 🎃 In support of the occasion, this week’s dark little poem seeks to draw you into the nightmares that

Hello, friends! As Halloween approaches, I find myself gravitating toward darker poetry. Well heck, that’s not quite true… I love dark poetry. Regardless… This week’s

Hello, my dear digital friends! This week’s poem holds a lot of meaning for me. But where would the fun be in telling you those

Hello, dear digital friends! My wife and I were at her nephew’s son’s birthday party a few months ago. It was a wondrous Saturday when

Hello, dear digital friends! There is a lot to unpack in this week’s poem. But my primary focus in this introduction is to discuss a

Greetings, dear digital friends! This week’s poem is a dramatic turn from the natural beauty and loving imagery of my last few releases. Sorry. Life