"Masquerade" by Chip Ghigna

Acrylic and polymer on canvas

Carpe Diem

Hold each moment in your heart,

Savor every minute;

Embrace your life with each new breath,

Live every second in it.

©Charles Ghigna

"Victory at Toomer's Corner" by Chip Ghigna

Acrylic on canvas, 30" x 30"

Victory

A rush

a rise

up to the skies

an orange

blue

bouquet

a crowd

so loud

this auburn night

the stars

came out

to play

©Charles Ghigna

Beyond the Moon

for Debra

Beyond the moon, beyond the stars,

Beyond the Milky Way and Mars,

Beyond the glow of heaven’s door,

Beyond all time and even more,

That’s how far you’d have to go

And even then you wouldn’t know,

Beyond the light, beyond the blue,

How very much that I love you.

©Charles Ghigna

Power Outage

The house

is as dark

as a mid-

night lake

a party

of candles

without

a cake

©Charles Ghigna

Dylan the Smokey Dragon

by Charles Ghigna

illustrated by Jim Paillot

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About Time

I finally gave Time a time-out.

I put him in the corner

to stare at the wall

while I slow down

and catch my breath.

No more chasing after him

day after day

like a mindless fool

running here and there

just to keep up.

From now on

he can wait for me.

I’ve had it with his

spoiled ways, endless demands,

and constant need for attention.

I finally put him his place,

stood him in the corner

and let him know

this time my Time 

is in time-out.

©Charles Ghigna

The Evergreen Forest

Down, down, down again I go

Into the hollows of the deep green forest,

Into the untrodden damp green forest

Where only soiled boot soles know

How cool green mornings can be,

How soily sweet the mud,

How slippery fresh each step,

Step, step beneath the ever tree.

©Charles Ghigna