Poetry
What Happiness Knows
The sound of the musicNot just the lyrics The birdsOn noisy streets The beautiful airAbove the tall buildings Blue skiesBeyond the cloudsAbove the rain The goodnessIn all beingsAll things The perfectionIn own self Happiness knows thisHappiness feels thisHappiness shares this Happiness is this Joe Fox, October 25th, 2022 (First thoughts conceived December 16, 2017. Worked…
Read MoreOur Thoughts
Sharing a poem that began with some random thoughts on my terrace five years ago, that I revisited recently after a missed opportunity, the day a friend died who I thought to call the day before, but did not. Our Thoughts Thoughts pour into our mind,Nonstop, constantly flowingIdeas of goodnessBest intentionsCaring They root from our…
Read MoreOur Beauty
Sharing a poem that came to me sitting on my terrace, having dinner. Alone in my thoughts and admiring the beauty on the empty beach, a feeling came over me, that all of the beauty we see, is even more wonderful, because it is there for all of us. Our Beauty I see the moonOver…
Read More“Always will be”
On a cruise ship, somewhere in the Atlantic Ocean, I came up from downstairs and Marcella was sleeping. I woke her up for a moment that we spoke only a few words. I told her that the ship was rocking and the waters were rough, but she said that she knew that. I told her…
Read MoreOur Life
On the beach, at water’s edgeThe ocean is calmSoft wavesA few cargo ships miles awayDarkness but for the MoonShining her light on the water below Look up, stars fill the skyA shooting star just nowAnd our sister planetsMars just to the left of the MoonTo my right, Jupiter and SaturnAnd the Milky Way Beauty, peace…
Read MoreOur Garden
In 2012 I brought “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People” seminars to the NYPD. My team and I taught monthly two days sessions, until I retired in 2018. Recently a friend sent me a screenshot of an NYPD notification which went to all commands, naming the 25 people who would attend an upcoming session.…
Read MorePerfectly Imperfect
In May, 2020, going through so much uncertainty well Into the shut down of the pandemic, I had just found my new favorite place, “My Bench,” Jamaica Bay. I was walking through the trails sending messages describing the beauty to a woman I worked with in the NYPD, a friend, who was suffering badly from…
Read MoreOur Moment
Hundreds of years agoA woman stood on this beachPresent, in her momentShe lived her life, as I live mine nowShe felt the pain, the dreadThe worries, the uncertaintyAnd sometimes angerAnd she knew a sense of wonderThe joy, the happinessShe knew gratitudeConnection and love. Hundreds of years from nowA man will stand on this beachPresent in…
Read MoreBe the Light
In November of 2016, after spending a day with a number of interactions with people who were suffering emotional pain, I jotted down a few thoughts. I saved those thoughts in my calendar and kept moving them until I felt the urge to write about them. In February, 2019 I wrote the poem below based…
Read MoreFor the Very First Time
My dearest JosephMy little boyI have loved you foreverAlways willI have always known youForever willBut I just met youFor the first time Your little heart beatsYour eyes roam, searchingSo much you’ll seeSo much more you’ll feelBut I just met youFor the first time You love me so muchI love youSo many smiles to comeMany hugsYes…
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