When The Stars Don't Shine: A Poem

When The Stars Don't Shine: A Poem


What is it like when the stars don't shine?
When the dark of night is just that...
the dark of night
When the moon is nowhere to be seen
and someone has turned off the stars
as if they were gas lights on cobbled streets of yesteryear
This is my hour in my own Garden of Gethsemane
and someone has turned off the stars
Deliver me, O Lord!


-A poem written by Christopher
  Monday June 6th 2016

Mountains Blue: A Poem

Mountains Blue: A Poem

Mountains blue
lakes so green
a national park so clean
This is Banff
jewel of the Alberta Rockies






Not far Lake Louise
where British singer Vera Lynn
The songstress of World War II
longed to dance on its silvery banks






And not far from that
Castle Mountain
once called Eisenhower
after World War II
It stands a solid rock
much like that great general







There is Tunnel Mountain
and Mount Rundle
and Cascade Mountain
whose majestic beauty
cascades in view
down the street
of Banff Avenue






There is Banff Hot Springs
and gondola rides
In winter, Banff is
post card Christmas village
come alive






There is Lake Minnewanka
a glacial lake at park's east end
There is Moraine Lake
and the Valley of the Ten Peaks
south of Lake Louise
whose beauty graces $20 bills
in this Land of the Maple Leaf










Mountains blue
lakes so green
Banff one of Mother Nature's jewels
waiting to be seen






-A poem written by Christopher
  Sunday June 5th 2016

Rhyming Haiku About Muhammad Ali

Rhyming Haiku About Muhammad Ali


Danced like butterfly
He stung like bee R.I.P.
Muhammad Ali