Written in response to Bill Holland’s intriguing HP photo challenge.

Whether searching for answers, redemption, or an inner peace, we are sometimes drawn to the allure of the deep blue.

A humorous ode to critics who over the years have defined rhyming poetry as childish or prosaic.

A recent train journey provided the rhythmic inspiration for this poem.

A free-verse poem inspired by personal experience and love of our natural world.

The shadows of the Tenderloin are everywhere...in a world of back alleys, dumpsters, and much more.

The luminous dream of a lost love, and a promise.

Life's narrative expressed metaphorically.

For critics who have shunned rhyming poetry for being "uninspiring and inherently inferior."

"When a friend asked me what I thought freedom in America meant, I remembered a road trip I took years ago." --- Genna Eastman

Dedicated to one whose creativity was stifled by societal expectations and the propriety of her world.

Haiku style poetry that captures the serene beauty of winter.

A memorable encounter with a beautiful white-tailed deer near a woodland stream.

How words aloft in pilgrimage embrace our coming home.

A metaphorical poem about Arena/TAG’s carnage of the unique melody and quality that once characterized Hubpages.