Selected Extracts

A handful of quiet lines.

A few moments lifted from the collection, to be read slowly, one at a time, the way they were written.

Sometimes tender, sometimes mischievous, always true.
from A Lifetime in Verse
Writing from a lifetime of real experience.
from A Lifetime in Verse
The street we played our games in, was our playground, and we didn't care.
from A Lifetime in Verse
The things that were once so precious are nowhere to be found.
from A Lifetime in Verse
Still we have each other, two lifetimes shared as one.
from A Lifetime in Verse
The songs he sang are within my heart and forever they will stay.
from A Lifetime in Verse
It was heaven for our gang and me.
from A Lifetime in Verse
Old age creeps upon you just like a thief in the night.
from A Lifetime in Verse
That was the day I lost Christie twice.
from A Lifetime in Verse