List of Poems

“Afterlife” Bahá’í Studies Notebook (Ottawa, Canada, 1980), pp. 13-18.   

“A Sense of History” Bahá’í Studies, Vol. 7 (Ottawa, Canada, 1980), pp. 15- 17.  

“All I Have to Show” South Florida Review, 6 (Tampa, FL, 1972), p. 7. 

“An Ayyám-i-Há Poem for Helen Grace” Brilliant Star, Vol 22, No. 5 (November-December 1990), p. 33.  

“Anniversary” Best in Poetry (Dear Park, New York, 1969), p. 24.  

“Answer to Letter No. 3” South Florida Poetry Journal, Nos. 4 and 5 (Tampa, FL, 1970), pp. 134-136.  

“A Quiet Time with Credit Cards” Gnosis (Brooklyn, NY, 1969), p. 20.  

“Ariadne’s Complain” Wisconsin Review, 3 (Oshkosh, WI, 1970), p. 7.  

“At 63” White Mule (Tampa, FL, 1975).  

“The Awful Wonders of the Sun Bay Towers Development for Senior Citizens” Foxfire, Vol. III, No. 2 (Rabun Gap, GA, 1969), p. 41.  Reprinted in World Order Magazine, Vol. IX, No. 4 (Wilmette, IL, 1975), p. 55. 

“Belated Gift” Gryphon Vol. IX, no. 3 (Tampa, FL, 1984), pp. 37-38.  Reprinted in Abiding Silence: An Anthology of Poems in Honour of the Bahá’ís of Iran. Ed. Shirin Sabri. Bahá’í Studies Vol. 15 (Ottawa, Canada, 1986), p. 51. 

“Contrapuntal Dirge” South Florida Poetry Journal, Nos. 4 and 5 (Tampa, FL, 1970), p. 133. 

“The Dabbler” South Florida Poetry Journal 3 (Tampa, FL, 1969), p. 29. 

“Death in the Tropics” South Florida Poetry Review, 5 (1971) p. 24. 

“Elegy No. 1” Handy Homilies (Tampa, FL, 1970). 

“Elegy No. 2” Rain, Nos. 1 and 2 (Chicago, IL, 1971), p. 138. 

“Foreknowledge and the True Story of Marvin Rainwater’s Remarkable Vision” Back Door, 2 (Poquoson, VA, 1970), pp. 47-49. 

“For William James” Poetry Venture, IV, 1 (St. Petersburg, FL,1971), p. 8.  Reprinted in Poetry Ventured: A Poetry Anthology (St. Petersburg, FL, 1972), pp. 6-7. 

“From Macbeth: The Tragical Historie of a Bad Person” White Mule (Tampa, FL, 1975). 

“From St. Louis on Your Birthday: Albert S. Hatcher, 1904- 1980” Gryphon, VI, 3 (Tampa, FL, 1980), pp. 17-19. 

“The Girl Who…” Folio Vol. 2 (Birmingham, AL, 1969), p. 30. 

“Great Grandfather’s Curious Letters”  South Florida Poetry Journal, Nos. 4 and 5 (Tampa, FL, 1970), pp. 130-131. 

“Hamilton Lake,” Tampa Bay Review, Vol I, No. 2 (Spring, 1989). 

“Hitchhiking Through the North Georgia Mountains: Sidney Lanier’s Lament” White Mule (Tampa, FL, 1976). 

“Hurray for the Great Golden Mean”  Poetry Venture, VI, 1 (St. Petersburg, FL,1973), p. 26. 

“I’m Glad We Moved,” Pyramid, 11 (Belmont, MS, 1972), p. 41. 

“Inheritance” Descant: The Texas Christian University Literary Journal, XIV, 2 (Fort Worth, TX, 1970), p. 30. 

“In His Name, The Concealer: Tabriz 1850” Abiding Silence: An Anthology of Poems in Honour of the Bahá’ís of Iran. Ed. Shirin Sabri. Bahá’í Studies Vol. 15 (Ottawa, Canada, 1986), p. 52. 

“Jaimahl, Chapter 12” Pyramid, 11 (Belmont, MS, 1971). pp. 43-44. 

“Kamikaze”  South Florida Review, 5 (Tampa, FL, 1971), p. 29. 

“Love Among the Masses” Pyramid, 5 (Belmont, MS, 1971), p. 61. 

“Memento Mori” Pyramid, 7 (Belmont, MS, 1970), p. 73. 

“Memo: Attention Archaeologist” South Florida Review, Vol. 4 (Tampa, FL,1970), p. 22. 

“Midnight Trip to Black Rabbit’s Cage,” Folio, VII, 1 Birmingham, Ala., 1971), p. 29. 

“The Mighty Anglo-Saxon Hog Uprising” in The Hog Book by William Hedgepeth (Doubleday and Company: Garden City, NY, 1978), pp. 152-153. 

“My Brief Bout with Amnesia” Handy Homilies, I, 2 (Tampa, FL, 1970). 

“Necromancy” South Florida Poetry Journal, I, 3 (Tampa, FL 1969), p. 29. 

“The Passing Train,” Dekalb Literary Arts Journal, Vol. IV, 1 (Clarkston, GA 1969), pp. 46-48. 

“Pig Song” The Hog Book by William Hedgepeth (Doubleday and Company: Garden City, NY, 1978), pp. 142-143. 

“Pig Thoughts at Noon” The Hog Book by William Hedgepeth (Doubleday and Company: Garden City, NY, 1978), p. 149. 

“Rationalizations for Cold Nights”  South Florida Poetry Journal, Nos. 4 and 5 (Tampa, FL, 1970), p. 132. 

“Refusal to Drown Easily” White Mule (Tampa, FL,1975). 

“Rescinding” Gryphon, IV, 3 (Tampa, FL, 1977), pp. 46-49. 

“Return Trip” Poetry Venture, II, 1 (St. Petersburg, FL, 1972), p. 31.  Reprinted in Poetry Ventured: A Poetry Anthology (St. Petersburg, FL, 1972), p. 42. 

“Roy Rogers Contemplates Immortality” South Florida Review (Tampa, FL, 1971). 

“Rude Children” Handy Homilies, I, 1 (Tampa, FL, 1969), p. 8. 

“Saint Paul’s Visit to Albert Schweitzer’s Jungle Mission” Arx, III, 7 (Austin, TX, 1969), p. 18.  Reprinted in “Recent American Poetry,” ed. Robert Hayden, World Order Magazine, IX, 4 (Wilmette, IL, 1975), p. 56. 

“Sometimes I Still” South and West:  An International Literary Quarterly, Vol. IX, no. 4 (Fort Smith, AR, 1971), p. 31. 

“Subh-i-Azal 1873” Bahá’í Studies, Vol 7 (Ottawa, Canada, 1980), p. 18. 

“Sunbathers,” South Florida Review, Vol 7 (Tampa, FL, 1973). 

“Surely,” South Florida Review, Vol. 4 (Tampa, FL, 1970), p. 22. 

“Tahirih” Bahá’í Studies, Vol 7 (Ottawa, Canada, 1980), p. 10. 

“Taking a Bird Apart” South Florida Poetry Journal, Nos. 4 and 5 (Tampa, FL, 1970), p. 137. 

“Theme Song from Othello” Pyramid, 11 (Belmont, MS, 1972), p. 42. 

“To the Duke of Windsor” South and West: An International Literary Quarterly, X, Nos 3 and 4 (Fort Smith, AR, 1972), p. 50. 

“The Tollund Man: A Definition of the Soul” In Abiding Silence: An Anthology of Poems in Honour of the Bahá’ís of Iran. Ed. Shirin Sabri. Bahá’í Studies Vol. 15 (Ottawa, Canada, 1986), p. 49. 

“The Tomb Revisited or Revised” South and West: An International Literary Quarterly, X, Nos. 3 and 4 (Fort Smith, Ark., 1972), p. 50. 

“Three Ways to Walk” Ab Intra: A Journal of Poetry (Belmont MA, 1972), p. 9. 

“Un Peu De Reve,” Arx, III, 7 (Austin, TX, 1969), p. 18. 

“Waiting for the Prime After the Prime” Foxfire, VI, 2 and 3 (Rabun Gap, GA, 1972).  

“West 74th Street Blues” South Florida Review,” 6 (Tampa, FL, 1972), p. 16. 

“Winter Scene” Wisconsin Review, V, 3 (Oshkosh, WI, 1970), p. 6.