Barry A. Lanier Poems

Boarding the airplane,
I walked right by the bar.
The aroma of spent draft,
Jack Daniel's whistling thru the air.
...

Lips and candlelight kisses
Looking our over this cold and lonely night
My bed completely filled yet alone
Cursing the keys of another night on the town
...

I'm walking out of the desert
For the dawn soon meets the dusk
My journey once only a ritual
Destiny, poor choices, riding wind on a gust
...

Only He knows of the cup I have spilt
In these times my flowers dry, and they wilt
Gazing at a full moon, weaving in wide arms of a summer stream
Might I lay in this sage grass, and only to dream
...

Affection, a tender feeling toward another,
Fondness, a propensity to feel, to do, to say
Knowing all of this I have considered affection
You know how my St.Charles Spaniel cuddles
...

How many ways do I love Thee'
Always counting then suddenly I'm lost
It seems to always keep happening
Every time your neglice comes off
...

Once brown and muscled
Now pale and lean
Oh Father Time
How you are mean
...