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Priceless Legacy

Leave to all your heirs,
The one priceless legacy,
They can’t buy: Honor.

As We Sow Thus Do We Reap

I’ve sown words on fertile ground,
Watered them with sweat and tears,
Fertilized them with dead dreams,
And they grew, flowered and thrived.

A rich harvest have I now,
Bushels full of dead, pressed leaves,
Bound in colorful covers,
That others may thumb at will.

They bring rewards and some joy,
Will survive me, if not long,
And help others still to learn,
And I hope help improve lives.

Wish though I’d sown fewer words,
Reaped fewer bushels of leaves,
Chosen to sow other seeds,
That would have bloom...

The World is My Oyster

The world is my oyster,
Though it is three days dead,
Malodorous coffin,
Lined in mother of pearl,
Concealing no treasure,
Not a perfect large pearl,
Just my flesh-covered bones,
And the dreams I once dreamed,
That died while yet I lived,
And hoped they might be born.

The River of Life #2

The river of life,
It flows for a while,
And very soon dry.

Look at it from the shore,
From the security of the mainland,
And you will never drown.

But if you dive into it,
You navigate the river rapids, you risk the falls,
You float in its placid curves.

You will know the joy,
Of constantly changing landscapes,
More than worth the risk.

The rocks will scrape you
You will not find shadow against the sun,
And little time for rest.

When the waters dry out,
And you reach the end of your trip,
Yo...

The River of Life

Placid waters flow,
Lazily this summer’s day,
But I hear the falls.

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A Primer on Immigration Law and Compliance — $5.95

I’ve been writing college textbooks since 1993 published by Irwin/Mirror Press, McGraw-Hill, Prentice Hall and more recently Textbook Media Press. It has been both a labor of love and a personal war against the high cost of college textbooks. (All of my textbooks have been designed to sell for less than the competition in no small part by omitting the unnecessary and distracting over-use of pedagogical devices and ancillary materials that the leading textbooks all employ, making them unwieldy an...

Tiny Dancers

Liquid moonbeams dance,
Atop silvery wave crests,
Longing for the beach.

no such thing as death

no such thing as death
as long as we remember
loved ones now with God

oblivion lives
only in the mind that fears
its mortality

death haunts only those
who know they are unworthy
of our remembrance

Death of a Quiet Soldier (special forces)

Behind enemy lines you gave your life,
The risks you knew and embraced willingly,
Red, black and green berets fought by your side,
And brought your body back to family.

Later in a ritual of their own,
They would name a field airport in your name,
And honor you, your brothers, far from home,
Their memory now your eternal flame.

I do not know your rank, your name, your face,
I only know that I am in your debt,
Who for your family can take your place?
Our debt to them we must never forget.

The free...

Obsessive Behavior

Three books in two years,
Contractual commitment,
Why am I posting?