386

When Boss is crabby
More gets done. But when Dad is
Crabby, walls get built

385

Will you make a choice
About where to be crabby
At work or at home

384

While telling stories
She snuggles and falls asleep
Both peaceful and safe

383

The rule for haiku
Just seventeen syllables
And one complete thought

382

A sliver of blue
In a sea of puffy pink
Lipstick on a pig

381

People at the zoo
Diff’rent in so many ways
And yet all the same

380

A wise old proverb
Do not fear moving slowly
Do fear standing still

379

Doesn’t freedom need
Clean water and energy
To be enduring?

378

Sure, I’ll watch your kids
What? You’re not here to ask me?
Guess I can’t say no

377

Looking at pictures
They laugh at what they once were
Only I recall

376

Days pass so slowly
Except when looking back. Then
They seem to fly by

375

How long does it take
To go from stressed to relaxed?
Need a whole weekend

374

How long does it take
To go from relaxed to stressed?
Just snap your fingers

373

Fame, fortune and love
Validation that their words
Speak truth to others

372

Write Camp Milwaukee
A gathering of writers
All want the same thing

371

Some recital pieces
Are over before they start
Others never end

370

Address the whole world
Show them and show your nation
New ways of being

369

Just deal with him straight
You’ll find the best outcome and
He will respect you

368

I created you
I’ll torture you forever
So love me or else

367

He screams like a girl
Don’t compare him to others
Just love who he is

366

Fiction is not real
Bad fiction just entertains
While good reveals truth

365

A year of haiku
One per day and more waiting
A whim becomes need

364

Hopes, dreams and passions
They used to take center stage
Now wait in the wings

363

I love my Daddy
When he takes me swimming and
When he reads me books

362

As parents we know
What’s best for their cuts and scrapes
But not for our own

361

Tore off the band-aid
His eyes wet with betrayal
Pain deep but short-lived

360

Doing what I shouldn’t
Thwarting my own hopes and dreams
Need to stay focused

359

Headed for trouble
No parents to set boundaries
Starved for affection

358

Caught him playing house
Arm around the neighbor girl
Wasn’t his idea

357

Dad turned seventy
Outlived all previous men
Live on borrowed time

356

At the same time ask
Why we fight and who we are
One nation or world?

355

Memorial Day
Observed with flags and parades
Honor those who serve

354

We are all programmed
Truths given not discovered
Our thoughts not our own

353

Dandelions grow
In all yards. Some folks pull them
Others let them be

352

They gave good feedback
Approaching it cold they saw
Things I could not see

351

Like a game of chess
I move my pawns while other
Pieces move themselves

350

Waiting to decide
Or waiting to implement?
Can’t tell them apart

348

Writing a novel
Fiction taken from my life
What’s real and what’s not?

347

Redbird Studio
I don’t know what to expect
Going there tonight

346

What’s best for the team?
What’s best for me? For the firm?
Which takes precedence?

345

Poignant dilemma
Torn between worry and love
He’s scared, he’s stupid

344

Won’t open his mouth
No matter what tricks she plays
He’s made up his mind

343

But if Oprah chose
To show kids struck by lightning
Would that cause fear too?

342

Saw it on Oprah
Boys bullied to suicide
Fears for our own son

341

She owns the business
Runs it only way she can
Creature of habit

340

Calling Switzerland
Sending an apology
Through seven time zones

339

Don’t catch the swine flu
Stay out of Mexico and
Keep washing your hands

338

Talking on the phone
Telling me about his day
A thrill for us both

337

Hannover went well
Buyers are still buying things
Business looking up

336

Living in a fog
Codiene in my cough syrup
Can’t seem to focus

335

Upgrade to first class
On a hundred dollar flight
To the Twin Cities

334

Comments on a blog
Sound snarky and insecure
Do they hurt or help?

333

His car won some races
It was faster than I thought
But still no trophies

332

Don’t get distracted
Focus where you have impact
Use your time wisely

331

The Pinewood Derby
Blends fun and disappointment
Winners and losers

330

No fever, no flu
That tightness is bronchitis
Take pills and get well

329

Sick with the flu bug
I’m shivering one minute
And sweating the next

328

Raise expectations
You set them, know it or not
Push yourself, your team

327

Make a decision
Get facts and input, but you
Must make decisions

326

Top three for leaders
Not based on special wisdom
Off top of my head

325

I'm proud of my son
He's beginning to stand up
Wanting to become

324

She fulfilled our dreams
Proudest achievement of man
Broken by nature

323

Yourself in their place
The only way to convince
Them to take action

322

Little by little
I see changes marking his growth
Subtle but present

321

Choose to be happy
Find the joy inside each task
Only have one life

320

Still waiting for Spring
Sick of the cold and the snow
Shouldn’t April be warm?

319

Someone’s not happy
Ev’ry decision you make
Don’t even know who

318

You make decisions
Then spend time calming the waves
They make in your pool

317

I sold my first book
Amazon dot com gave me
Thirty-five percent

316

Sick and overwhelmed
So much to do and to be
Life defined by chaos

315

Now they dictate more
Than Caesars of ancient Rome
Believe it, it’s true

314

Expanding the scope
Of presidential power
One builds on the next

313

My daily routine
Keeps me busy and steady
Does it bring success?

312

He’s playing a game
His stakes much lower than mine
I’ve got more to lose

311

His life a journey
Spent looking down at his feet
Walking towards darkness

310

Tom slumps in his chair
Lets the phone fall to the floor
Paralyzed and trapped

309

Too tired to work out
Getting old and slowing down
Just go back to bed

308

Look at his panel
They’re great Americans, too
Cowboy hats and all

307

No doubt about it
He’s a great American
And he knows you’re not

306

Blockage in his brain
Keeps us locked in same pattern
A battle of wills

305

He’s a diff’rent kid
In school than he is at home
His teacher says so

304

End with a question
Adds depth and higher meaning
Or just a gimmick?

303

Now there’s help buttons
Home Depot learned it from Lowe’s
Are they now the same?

302

Work on my day off
Check email and make phone calls
It’s hard to unwind

301

Write to reveal truth
Entertain and educate
Employ strategy

300

Employing my strengths
Not things I do well, but things
That make me feel strong

299

Thanks for calling, Ben
Wait, don’t go, are you all right?
Thanks for calling, son

298

Took him to the doc
Just sat while the others played
Test said no strep throat

297

Son stayed home from school
Fever, cough and runny nose
A germ factory

296

Chill still in the air
Sun rising and birds chirping
Spring is on the way

295

Black reflective tile
The distant hum of machines
Air warm and scented

294

Frustration inside
Bubbles up, pours like lava
What will it destroy?

293

Blew up at my son
Lost my cool and scared him bad
Daddy’s a monster

292

Had lunch with a friend
Talked about me and my life
Not much about hers

291

Leaders serve others
The team’s interests before theirs
The Army says so

290

A wall between them
One Tom decided to build
But now it’s too high

289

Loves to do magic
But clumsy, he reveals trick
Cute and frustrating

288

Dad? Are you still there?
Tom trying to speak, trying
To say how he feels

287

Won’t clean up his room
No matter how much I yell
He’s no longer cowed

286

The art museum
A place of expression and
Learning to express

285

Moments of silence
As Tom struggles with his pride
He wants, but can’t ask

284

Mark, Matthew, John, Luke
Four steps on a winding path
Myth to history

283

Buy four cases of wine
Two for us and two four friends
Pile them in back seat

282

Drive through Chicago
Get there in time for rush hour
Two hours to Gurnee

281

Life is so funny
Early morning belches and laughs
A room split three ways

280

Time keeps ticking by
Seconds, minutes, hours and days
Wait for what won’t come

279

Yes. What do you want?
What do I want? You called me
I didn’t call you, Dad

278

That’s why they pay him
Stand up to the big issues
Without and within

277

Why am I afraid
To broach difficult subjects?
A boss just says them

276

The Dow keeps falling
Through nine, eight, seven thousand
Where is the bottom?

275

Snow falls from the sky
On people rushing to work
We struggle; it falls

274

Reading Moby-Dick
For the last time. Still drawn by
Theme but not by prose

273

Raised a good Cath’lic
And pregnant at seventeen
Are they connected?

272

Good friends and neighbors
Wine, beer and appetizers
We host Round Robin

271

Tom accepts the phone
His mind filled with suspicion
Hi, Ben, is that you?

270

Sue holds out the phone
Just take it, you proud old fool
Ben is on the phone

269

Ben is on the phone?
I did not hear the phone ring
Has he called for me?

268

She runs through the house
Calling out for Tom to come
Ben is on the phone!

267

A lengthy silence
Benjamin, he’s your father
Okay. Put him on

266

Pain in my stomach
Hernia, ulcer or worse?
Body breaking down

265

I play the parts, but
Where am I in all these roles?
Am I each or all?

264

Many roles to play
Husband, father, son, brother
Servant, boss and coach

263

Hi, Ma, how are you?
I’m well, but it’s your father
Will you talk to him?

262

She calls Ben later
From a back room, whispering
So Tom cannot hear

261

The food sustains him
But provides no nourishment
Life without healing

260

Driving to Tucson
And back to Phoenix. Two trips
And two sets of thoughts

259

Is he well behaved?
Does he listen to reason?
Will he help others?

258

Missing my children
But unable to show it
Must focus on work

257

Now eating the meal
Chewing and swallowing. Not
Talking about Ben

256

Go sit down, Sue says
Supper will be ready soon
We’ll call Ben after

255

He should want to call
I am his father. Why should
He need to be tricked?

253

Two Americas
Not split between rich and poor
But by left and right

252

He will, she assures
I’ll call, get him on the phone
Then pass him to you

251

He’s my son, Tom cries
Old wounds opening anew
He should speak to me

250

He trembles and whines
Cowers in fear. But he will
Not do what I say

249

She tries to evade
You know how busy he is
He has his own life

248

Did Ben call today?
Standing in the kitchen door
In his slippered feet

247

Cancer of the bones
We’ll remove your left pelvis
You’ll not walk again

246

She does not answer
Pretending she didn’t hear
It will upset him

245

At home now she cooks
While Tom sits and watches the news
Did Ben call today?

244

Bus driver helps Sue
Get Tom off his bus just so
The bus can go on

243

She shouts back, defends
Her man. He’s good. He works hard.
He’s just old and tired

242

The passengers yell
Wake up, get off, lazy bum!
We want to go home!

241

Just leave me be, Sue
I’m old and used up and no
Good for anything

240

Get up, you old fool
You've fallen asleep again
What am I to do?

239

Sue comes to get him
Waiting to make the bus stop
Shaking Tom awake

238

Tom sleeps on the bus
After working hard all day
Sometimes misses his stop

237

Started her business
Five years to make a profit
She’s well on her way

236

We are cynical
But we are holding out hope
This time is diff’rent

235

Ninety-minute talk
For one hundred CEOs
Forty thousand bucks

234

And most important
Two characters with only
One syllable names

233

What would it be like?
Each poem a discrete thought
Together a plot

232

Is it possible
To write a novel as a
Series of haiku?

231

A child’s psychosis
A doctor’s clinical stare
A parent’s anguish

230

A glimpse through the blinds
Reveals children’s books and toys
In a waiting room

229

Each time I walk by
The child psychologist’s door
I feel stark sadness

228

Don’t believe in God?
How can your life have meaning?
How can you be good?

227

It’s a charter school
For all the children but yours
We just don’t like you

226

Help around the house?
Don’t I shop, cook, make the beds
And do the laundry?

225

I need a weekend
Two days of quiet peace mixed
With four hours of work

224

Choose what you will do
And make sure you get it done
You can’t do it all

223

Opposing views. On
Economic stimulus?
Or social justice?

222

Need to get things done
Need to always be doing
Avoid wasting time

221

What does it mean when
You’re easy to distract from
What you want to do?

220

Got meetings today
And more meetings tomorrow
They are what I do

219

I'll stop responding
Won't even open Outlook
Get so much more done

218

It's seven degrees
Freezing while the car warms up
Why do we live here?

217

Happy times and sad
Showing love and getting mad
All shape how they grow

216

Building a network
Is like planting seeds and not
Knowing what will grow

215

Fighting with my wife
Both wanting diff’rent things from
Lives that take not give

214

Stuck in Los Cabos
Part of the great adventure
Take it as it comes

213

Up at two-thirty
A tired voice questions why
Routine keeps me calm

212

Must find time to think
Write down your thoughts and decide
What needs to be said

211

Cutting the budget
A chance to show leadership
Will I measure up?

210

Walking the same path
Thought it would lead to new places
Fear it’s a circle

209

Going on a trip
Out of touch but focused in
A balancing act

208

A single concept
Boiled down to its essence
Haiku distills truth

207

Gliding on the ice
So easy and effortless
Except when I fall

206

Shovel scrapes the ground
Once, twice, a thousand more times
Snowfall will return

205

Stuck in an hourglass
Boomers above, Y below
Will X choose to lead?

204

Nine hundred emails
And here I was wigging out
With just two screens full

203

If the time before
Equals the time after, what
Effect can I have?

202

Rush to get things done
Serve your masters; make tough calls
But don’t hurt feelings

201

Winter air is dry
Scratchy throats in the morning
Knuckles cracked and red

200

Two hundred haikus
Three thousand four hundred beats
Is there any truth?

199

Just try to stay calm
Act serious and shoot straight
And stick to the facts

197

One haiku a day
What was I worried about?
Regular like me

196

New video games
They delight, distract, delay
What do they get done?

195

She hates the music
That helps me remember a
Simpler time and place

194

Like running errands
Get up, get out, get things done
Beats doing nothing

193

Work can be easy
When you set your mind to it
Almost can be fun

192

The best book I’ve read
Answer used to come easy
Now no longer sure

191

Mornings at the shop
Coffee and fast Internet
Home away from home

190

Artists pursue truth
Not so others can see, but
To quench their own thirst

188

Coughing in the night
Hearts torn to hear them suffer
Brain just needs to sleep

187

Go to Mexico
Get your pills and don’t get sick
Do what must be done

186

Seven seems closer
To age twelve than to age two
Can I help him grow?

185

A good day at work
Checking boxes off my list
Words of thanks and praise

184

Leading in a world
That changes its shape each day
Like riding a wave

183

All the signs are there
Pointing the same direction
Start my own movement

182

Awful night time thoughts
Fears descend while sleep eludes
Still must face the day

181

Please stop pretending
That I am blocking your way
You decide your fate

180

Purpose-Driven Life
A book of childish ideas
For the child-like mind

179

Good politicians
Do at the end of the day
What the people want

178

Inauguration
A day for looking forward
Break old traditions

177

Game of world conquest
Place, attack and fortify
Or just turn in cards

176

New Year’s Eve party
Mix of old friends and strangers
Not sure which are which

175

Must I stand in line
Behind flavored frothy drinks?
I just want coffee

174

A day filled with fun
At the Blue Harbor Resort
Red, blue and green slides

173

She takes so much time
Sleeping late and getting dressed
The day is half gone

172

What things would you change?
If it would happen again?
Less worry, more joy

171

Reflect at year’s end
Your life and its direction
Change it if you can

170

Boys like to play fight
We’re the good guys; you’re the bad
What does it teach them?

169

Clean out the gutters
Bail out the crock and other
Joys of owning home

168

Why are you crabby?
I don't want to spend my days
Doing what I do

167

Want the new iPhone
Too stupid to ask questions
Too cheap to just buy

166

A new marble game
Sixty-four stupid pieces
None fit together

165

Christmas toys bring joy
Happy squeals and frenzied play
Broke on the first day

164

She just keeps eating
Does she see what it’s doing?
Being what she hates

163

Growing old each day
Body aches and fat sags down
Outlook stays the same

162

Day before Christmas
All through the office not a
Thing is getting done

161

Favor for a friend
Sing her praises, get her hired
Does it cross a line?

160

Cutting the budget
Everyone is doing it
Aren't we different?

159

What is it I like
About painting? The focus,
Pace, and finished look

158

He won’t play with me
I want him to play with me
I can’t be alone

157

He just turned seven
So much his own person but
Still a little boy

156

Will my skill sharpen?
Attune myself to my muse?
Or just write forced words?

155

Is it a good thing?
Putting creativity
On a set schedule?

154

I started a blog
I add to it ev’ry day
Does anyone see?

153

What am I thinking?
Doing what’s smart or what’s fun
Do I have to choose?

152

Kids come in our bed
They’re cold or sick or frightened
No more sleep for us

150

Tacos for dinner
Kid-friendly ground beef and grease
Seemed a good idea

149

Hardest thing ever
Tempering expectations
Of father and son

148

What is your vision?
The goal; the ultimate prize?
Where will you lead them?

147

No meaning in life
Other than what you give it
Blessing and a curse

146

A Christmas concent
Hanukkah and Kwanzaa too
They do as they're told

145

Bad economy
A time to slash or invest?
Show strength and not fear

144

Adjectives for each
Diligent, unflappable
Fun game or cruel joke?

143

Nothing much to do
Caught up on work, phone don’t ring
Why am I restless?

142

The holiday news
Sum up only the bright spots
Incomplete but true

141

Putting up the tree
Lights, ornaments and a train
Everybody helps

140

So what brings me joy?
My son playing piano
My daughter’s pure laugh

139

We all need something
To love and look forward to
A thing that brings joy

138

Strengths came clear and fast
Few connected with the job
But where is weakness?

137

Around the corner
Coming fast and whizzing by
Was that Christmas Day?

136

Things can get bad, but
Not as bad as you think, and
Better tomorrow

135

Need to boil it down
To the most salient points
Phrase them succinctly

134

Make your Strong Week Plan
Two things that play to your strengths
Reshape what you do

133

Happy Thanksgiving
Eat the bird but don't forget
What you're thankful for

132

Why am I afraid?
To call and discuss issues?
Isn't that my job?

131

He spit in her face
Why? And where did he learn?
It's not me, is it?

130

Monkeys versus birds
A running joke among friends
Once silly, now missed

129

Want to go bowling?
Yeah! Throw the ball, knock down pins
Can we go home now?

128

The next couple days
Will test leadership and skill
Show up and stay cool

127

He wants his coffee
His brand, not the swill you serve
He gets what he wants

126

The baseness of life
The pursuit of high ideals
The moon and sixpence

125

Got here too early
Flight not even posted yet
Just want to go home

124

Things I love to do
What makes me feel strong and true
Connect them to work

123

She got a divorce
And end and a beginning
But neither one clean

122

Going to Phoenix
Mix business with family
Like a real grown-up

121

They thought they would win
Thought all would flock to their flag
It no longer waves

120

Won the election
A landslide as predicted
Yet some are surprised

119

Is he the best one?
To lead us to the future?
He speaks well; but acts?

118

Stand in line to vote
Give your name, get your ballot
Darken the arrows

117

Thinking will ruin you
And leave you at the mercy
Of those who just act

116

Clean out the basement
What's resale, Goodwill or trash?
In charge, take control

115

The rules are simple
Show up, smile, do as you’re told
But don’t ever think

114

A scavenger hunt
Sounds like fun and gives us treats
Too shy, not silly

113

One day he awoke
And saw it was all a game
He wasn’t playing

112

It’s such a nice day
The car’s bumper sticker said
Please don’t screw it up

111

The man scraped and served
Doing what he could to please
Impossible task

110

A fresh coat of paint
Nothing brightens a room like
A fresh coat of paint

109

She turned four years old
Got presents and toys galore
Brother thinks they're his

108

There once was a man
Who thought the world opposed him
The world doesn't care

107

So much stuff to do
Used to think it controlled me
Now I will decide

106

Took me fifteen years
What I thought was my career
Really just a job

105

Look! The kite flies high
Soaring proud with our spirits
Watch out for that tree!

104

Does she really think
Dinosaurs lived with humans?
Voters need to know

103

Let's carve the pumpkins
Make them funny and scary
Their faces glow at night

102

Just two little puffs
One burst of air in each eye
Pop, pop, and it's done

101

Check my messages
Voice mail, e-mail piling up
No time to respond

100

Put drops in her eyes
Three times a day for five days
She’s sure to sit still

99

Bad for our country
Socialist, terrorist, snob
Fear him or the words?

98

Twenty by twenty
A really big times table
He loves the patterns

97

I love him so much
But hate the tension we share
Must he act my way?

96

I had a meltdown
Shaking with weakness and fear
Said things I regret

95

Can't get enough sleep
Wife snoring and breathing loud
How much will I age?

94

Nine years of marriage
Life much diff'rent than before
What will next nine bring?

93

The Cub Scouts promise
To do their duty to God
We’ll just skip that part

92

Running and laughing
Lifting, flipping, flying free
Who let the dogs out?

91

Need to find the thing
That gives value and purpose
Nothing I do now

90

Feeling confident
In control and capable
Until the phone rings

89

Don't like Home Depot
No help and no help buttons
Go to Lowe's instead

88

Some grown-ups believe
God's an old man in the sky
Some little boys don't

87

A day at the zoo
Fresh popcorn and pony rides
My daughter and me

86

I yelled at my wife
Angry at the way she spends
No thought of budget

85

Fundamentalists
Deciding our nation’s fate
Scares me really bad

84

Markets in turmoil
Banks failing, stocks tumbling down
Is our money safe?

83

How can I explain?
Matters of conscience and pride
To my six-year-old?

82

Rolling hills of life
Strange yet starkly beautiful
Monarchs come to roost

81

Old men who can't hear
Fading slow in noisy rooms
It all dies with them

80

Our most pressing need
Energy independence
Will decide my vote

79

My next book haunts me
It’s ambitious and complex
And too close to home?

78

Don’t be so stupid
You’re an adult not a child
More grown up than most

77

Three in the morning
My son crawls into our bed
No more sleep tonight

76

Don’t bug me today
Not now, I’m already swamped
Goodbye, I love you

75

Indian Summer
Just another festival
Fat people and beer

74

One sees black and white
The other sees shades of gray
These times demand which?

73

We struggle each day
Living for us or the kids
Others simply choose

72

First day of first grade
New shoes, new backpack and smiles
Never comes again

70

Should I fire her?
How short does she need to fall
Before cord is cut?

69

First day of preschool
Growing up and making friends
Facing out not in

68

He's stubborn as hell
Clueless, compulsive, and shy
The world will crush him

67

A three-day weekend
Time to bike, canoe, and play
Monday comes too soon

66

The cab'nets are in
Now it looks like a kitchen
Almost worth the price

65

It's nerves I tell you
Not diet or exercise
Nerves that make me sick

64

Walk ten thousand steps
Get us from east to west coast
We are one big team

63

Seven times seven
His answer in sidewalk chalk
He wants them harder

62

I always feel torn
Every minute, every day
Between love, life, work

61

She wants what she wants
For sure, no bones about it
Stay out of her way

60

She likes two pages
Better than twenty-seven
Can't say I blame her

59

She’s a slimy one
Dancing between her lies and
Her friends in high places

58

Sending out queries
Fishing without a bobber
Nibble or a bite?

57

A backpack with wheels
Extend the handle and pull
He’s grown up and proud

56

They love mini golf
Running and chasing the balls
Shrieks of purest joy

55

Thinking about work
Makes me sick, disrupts my sleep
When’s my vacation?

54

Piles and piles of stuff
Must keep it all to feel safe
Don't stop to ask why

53

What's a synopsis?
A simple summary or
A test of courage?

52

Sleeping when I leave
Untroubled and worry free
Wife, son and daughter

51

Marchers give candy
Fireworks light up the night sky
The Fourth of July

50

My heart is racing
Anxiety consumes me
Fear the falling axe

49

Riding the bike path
For the first time with his dad
Filled with pride and joy

48

She cries when she’s tired
Wailing at the slightest cause
First happy then sad

47

A baby rabbit
Nestled asleep in the grass
Noise, fright, shock, blood, death

46

When he misbehaves
I find myself torn in two
Punish or forgive?

45

Drive to Chicago
Stuck in traffic all the way
Next time take the train

44

It’s under control
Despite what my gut tells me
Everything is cool

43

Push it up a notch
Expect the best and get it
I have much to learn

42

Always remain calm
Act like you’re on the same team
Speak with confidence

41

Train to Chicago
Riding the Hiawatha
One big adventure

40

Barking like a seal
Coughing and crying in pain
Tears, fear, and sadness

39

I'm forty years old
Must keep reminding myself
Start acting your age

38

Brewers beat the Twins
On Father’s Day with my son
Go, Chorizo, go!

37

I see connections
Possibilities for growth
Where others see strife

36

Letters home from school
He is disrupting the class
We must take action

35

Anger and mistrust
Passive aggression and more
We must find a way

34

It’s only money
There are more ways to get it
Other than this job

33

Guy's a total nut
Ranting in emails too long
When I try to help

32

Find words to live by
Keep them close and read daily
They will become real

31

Can it be done now?
Now while I’m thinking on it?
Get it done for me

30

She rode the pony
A smile on her face throughout
A joy for us both

29

Playing piano
Effortlessly like a breeze
Floating with the notes

28

What are you thinking?
Any deep wisdom to share?
Why are you silent?

27

Hurts like blackened hell
Broken toes and wounded pride
Which pain makes you limp?

26

Three hundred dollars
Can a meal that costs that much
Really be worth it?

25

Hiking in the woods
Soft light and sheltered places
Shared time with my son

24

Setting goals is fun
Especially for others
Push them ‘til they break

23

She poops in her pants
Knowing the potty is there
She poops in her pants

22

Like drinking coffee
I never thought I would say
I like my coffee

21

Twenty thousand things
All happening every day
Which ones matter most?

20

What’s more important?
Career or raising my son?
I know the real truth

19

There's blood in my stool
Not a lot but a little
Only when I strain

18

Both of us have stress
Mine from work; hers from the kids
Who has it the worst?

17

Am I a leader?
Do I lead by example?
What do people see?

16

An inward focus
Makes it hard for friends to see
They matter to you