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You might note that our Gatherings have acquired various names along the way. Our current "Aging Poets Society" was suggested by Hal, and adopted. But it doesn't have the bite, or accuracy of "Mediha and The Geezers" which was a runner-up. Thought a current photo roster might help those of us who share Oliver Sack's prosopagnosia to some degree:
Amanda and Peter. at Lake Oswego
Hal Allen and Mort Levy
Mona and Dave in Crown Hill
Sumru, Jasmin and Charlie
Mediha and Gil Saliba; @ Burnt Ranch
Hal McCartor
Bob Miller, (World record holder)
This page is proposed as a site where we can post writings we are planning to introduce at our next meeting.
It will bring all our writing to one place , and might facilitate our "reading along" with the presenter.
It will not be a formal posting of our work, but may provide a Collection of our Works as they accumulate.
Season Five
Season Five. An Index of Our works
January, 2026. Mediha Saliba Shadows In The Dark
Heavy Burdens
Gil Saliba Integration
Release
Charlie Johnson My Sister Toby Face
Hal McCartor Musings About Awakening
Dave Cryan. Six Days In December
Defining ACalendar Year
December, 2025 Mediha Saliba Coming of Winter
The Unsounds
Gil Saliba Equanimity
That Time of Year
Hal McCartor None of Us
Autumn at Dawn
Charlie Johnson His Name Is Johnson JACK
Dave Cryan Doctor Willie. (from 1981)
November, 2025. Mediha Saliba Knowing When To Stop
Paths
Charlie Johnson. Dear Heart
Gil Saliba Knowledge or Faith
Personalization
Mort Levy I Can't Believe I'm Ninety
Hal McCartor Being
Leaves
Dave Cryan. The Road... Taken
Wrapping Things Up
October, 2025. Mediha Saliba. Dragonflies
An Omen
Gil Saliba Ignorance is Bliss
Fall Equinox
Hal McCartor Autumn Thoughts
Awake
Mort Levy Susie Huttler
Charlie Johnson Happy 20th Birthday, Jasmin
Dave Cryan On The Road Again
Neuroplasticity Has A Little Fun
Seventy-six Burr Holes We Must....
September, 2025. Mediha Saliba. Love In The CCU
My Mother Made My WeddingDress
Charlie Johnson I Turned 90 Years Old
Gil Saliba Beyond The Horizon
Mort Levy. Grandma
Hal McCartor Toward The End
Wandering
Dave Cryan Friday At Eleven
Do Not Go Gentle......
August, 2025 Mediha Saliba What Happened?
The Lessons of Myth
Charlie Johnson. Palm SpringsFilm Festival 2000
Gil Saliba The Beauty of Aging
Divining
Hal McCartor. God
Humility
An Unusual View (revision, M. Andres)
Mort Levy Decision time
My Father's Hands
Dave Cryan My Way or The Highway
Villanelle: 6th Grade Class Photos
July ,2025. Mediha Saliba. Night Sounds
One Morning
Mort Levy. Compulsion
Charlie Johnson. "To Charles"
(by Jill Oxendine
Gil Saliba I Am That I Am
Temper Tantrum
Hal McCartor. Who Am I
Awake
Dave Cryan Singin' The Red Truck Blues
We Miss You, Joe
June, 2025 Mediha Saliba Time In The Fog
Mort Levy Celebration
Gil Saliba Vulnerability
The Mystery of The redwood Forest
Hal McCartor God and Nature
ChatBOT version.......
Charlie Johnson Don't Blame Me!
Dave Cryan Doing The Math
Ode To Tommy
(Doctor Willie)
May, ,2025. Mediha Saliba The Universe
Myanmar Earthquake (3/2025)
Mort Levy. Dunking
Celebration
Gil Saliba Earth
Together
Charlie Johnson Take Me To Venice
Flotsam
Good-Bye
Hal McCartor The Gift
Dave Cryan Send In The Clowns
What Have We done?
April, 2025. Charlie Johnson Local Seasonal Climate Change
The Kiss
Mediha Saliba Departure
It Happens
Mort Levy Birthday Memories
Questions I Asked During WW II
Gil Saliba "I"
Recognize and Acknowledge
Hal McCartor. Anatta
April Haikus
Dave Cryan An Unscheduled Encounter
On The Evolution of A Sonnet
Season Four
March,2025 Aging Poets Gathering
February, 2025 Aging Poets Society
December, 2024 Aging Poets Gathering
November, 2024 Aging Poets Gathering
October, 2024 Aging Poets Society
April 2nd, 2024 Aging Poets Society
Season Four...... An Index of Our Works
March, 2025. Mediha Saliba. Santana
The Problem With ears
Gil Saliba Free Will Or Not?
Surrender
Mort Levy Birthday Memories Nov. 9, 1938
Gilda
Hal McCartor The Eden Story
Dave Cryan After The Fall
Theres A Hole In My Bucket
February, 2025. Gil Saliba Thanksgiving
The Mystery of The Redwood Forest
Hal McCartor. No Self
A Japanese Garden
Mort Levy A Decision that Will Be Hard To Keep
Charlie Johnson. That Family's Kids
Priorities
Dave Cryan Moving On Out
Radio Silence
January, 2025. No meeting.Tech Team had Postural Hypotension, broke femur, etc.
December, 2024. Mediha Saliba Fall Storm
Mother's Hands
Gil Saliba Spiritual Realism
Wilderness of Science
Hal McCartor A Walk
Ninety Now
Mort Levy The Morning After
Peter Putnam Supplication Prayer
Dave Cryan Celebration at One
Turtles AllThe Way Down
November, 2024 Mediha Saliba. A Little Bit of The Aurora
A New Perspective
Gil Saliba All or Nothing/Change/Ignition/Blast Off
Amazing Grace
Hal McCartor At Home
Self
CharlieJohnson Nightmare, Daymare
Mort Levy Ode toTwo Feet
Dave Cryan Reframing
Unscripted
October, 2024 Mediha Saliba. Change In The weather
God Is In The wind
Gil Saliba Pondering The Pieces
Olympic Glory
Charlie Johnson Walden Pond Lost?
Hal McCartor How It Is For Me
Alignment
Mort Levy. A Special Time
Dave Cryan (essay) The Day The Planets Realigned
"Range Picker"
September, 2024. Mediha Saliba The Stone Gatherer
Morbid Beauty
Hal McCartor Contentment
Extraordiary
Gil Saliba Water
Clouds and Water
Charlie Johnson. Two Plus One isThree
Mort Levy Another Summer From Hell
Dave Cryan Road Trip
Faith in Action
August, 2024 Mediha Saliba Independence Day
Images of Smell
Hal McCartor. Writing of Being
In My Late Eighties
Gil Saliba. Belonging
The Mystic Within
Mort Levy Two Viewpoints
Charlie Johnson For Norm (1)
"(2)
Dave Cryan A Risky Attraction To Shiny Objects
Whispering inThe Windpipe
July 2nd, 2024 Mediha Saliba Life is A Garden
Dreaming In Spring
Gil Saliba Fear of Death
Akasa (Space)
Charlie Johnson. Teen Age Daughter
Twenty-Third Anniversary
Mort Levy Reunion Conversations
Hal McCartor Dandelions
A Friend
Dave Cryan A Reflection on Various Wedding Anniversaries
Guest:George Bilgere.......Jane
June 4th, 2024 Mediha Saliba. Grandma's Eyebrows
The Fearless and The Fearful
Charlie Johnson Evolution f AMultimedia Construction
Gil Saliba Fear of Fear
Omen of Progress
Mort Levy Wonderland
The Fallacy of Jumping to Conclusions
Hal McCartor A Garden Walk
Gulls
Dave Cryan Volta
On Responding to "The Call"
May 7th, 2024. Mediha Saliba. Did You Hear The Eclipse?
Where does my love for Scotch come from?
Mort Levy The Little Girl In The red Dress
Gil Saliba Planting Seeds For An Uncertain Future
Raise The White Flag
Hal McCartor Nature and God
Day Three
C.Felzen Johnson Basketball Fanatic
Dave Cryan From Maywood To Ballard
Two Candles InThe wind
April 2nd, 2024 Mort Levy A Murder-Suicide------Really?
Mediha Saliba. The Shadow
Silence
Gil Saliba Spring
The Arrival of Spring
Hal McCartor Reflections on God
Dave Cryan The Priest's Wife
Syttende Mai
Season Three
February 6th, 2024 Aging Poets Society
January 2nd, 2024 Aging. Poets Society Gathering
October 3rd, 2023 Aging Poets Society
September, 2023 Aging Poets Society Gathering
August 1st, 2023..Aging Poets Society
June, 2023. Aging Poets Society Gathering
Season Three:An Index of our Works
March 5th, 2024 Mediha Saliba The Other Side of Magic
Beyond Patience
Hal McCartor A Japanese Garden
Solitude
Gil Saliba Who Am I?
Beyond The Body
Mort Levy The Goodwill Men 2024
Charlie Johnson After I Am Gone (I and II)
Fatherhood
Dave Cryan I Wear my Coat of Many Layers
Mulligans Through Time
February 6th, 2024. Mediha Saliba Memories
Spider Webs
Gil Saliba Mindfulness
Desire
Hal McCartor What Can I Say
Forty-seven Kisses
Mort Levy The Chiefs Are Going To The superBowl
Charlie Johnson Unconditional Love
Dave Cryan March Time
The Bruins Are Moving To The Big Ten
January 2nd, 2024. Mediha Saliba. Mothers' Eyes
The Cat Lady
Gil Saliba Journey To Hess Heaven
Hal McCartor Yellow Leaves
Fall Haikus
Mort Levy Am I Easy
Charlie Johnson Jasmin and her 88 Year Old Dad , Charles
Dave Cryan Sorting It Out on Queene Anne Hill
Reflections While Listening to "The Planets"
December, 2023
Mediha Saliba Beware The Slippery Slope
Adrift
Gil Saliba Impermanence
Fall Harvest
Hal McCartor A Note to My Nephew
Yellow Leaves
Mort Levy Who Am I
Dave Cryan A Colleague Turns Forty
Beyond Time
November, 2023 Mediha Saliba. Haunting Blue Eyes
A Blessing
Gil Saliba The Infinite
Free Will
Mort Levy A Special Soil
The Land of Milk and Honey
Hal McCartor Note To A Friend
I Feel Better
The Garden (revised)
Dave Cryan. Cleaning Up
Whirl Me Around Again
October, 2023. Andy Moreland Memories From Our Sophomore Year
Hal McCartor Being Here
Autumn
Mort Levy Reunions
Charlie Johnson Empty Wall
Turning 88
Dave Cryan Reflecton on A Class Picture
Walk On, Walk on
Peter Putnam read L. Ferlinghetti's Pity The Nation
Howard Hirsch read "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
September, 2023 Hal McCartor Grace
Ah, Grace
Who Runs The Show
Mediha Saliba. Season of Corn
The Roads of Life
Gil Saliba Bear
Gifts
Mort Levy. Anticipation
Dave Cryan Golf; The Myth
It's About Time
August, 2023 Mediha Saliba. Summer In The Country
The Battle
Mort Levy Three Haikus
Charlie Johnson. Old Model Year
Potato Farmer's Reverie
Piety
Gil Saliba Alone
Lantern Tree
Hal McCartor Medical School Memories
Garden
Are You There?
Dave Cryan. To A Cougar, on Dying One More Time
Volunteers At The Front
July, 2023
Gil Saliba Father'sDay
Yin/Yang
Hal McCartor. How It Looks From Here
At Home
Gulls
Mediha Saliba Shadows of The Century to Come
It's All In The Attitude
Charlie Johnson "Toucan" Art
Twenty three Signs of Aging noted by age 87 years
(P.S.) the twenty fourth sign........
Mort Levy The Visit
Dave Cryan Livin' InThe 'Hood
Saving Speaker Foley
In Praise of Childish Behavior
June, 2023 Mediha Saliba. Dusk
The Hot Spice Bakery
Hal McCartor About The author
Toward The End
Gil Saliba A Trinity Spring
Gift Of Disappointment
Mort Levy Octogenarian Spring
Charlie Johnson Twenty three signs of Aging noted by 87 Years
Toucan Art
Dave Cryan School Days
"Diagnostically Puzzling, Doc Said"
A Peek Behind The Curtain
May, 2023. Mediha Saliba A Muse Visit
Today
Mort Levy What Do You Call A Week Like This?
Gil Saliba Easter
Passover
Hal McCartor Psychology Of The Mouse
Ripples Trough Time
C'estLa Vie?
Dave Cryan A Tale of Three Cups
Small Talk
April, 2023. Mediha Saliba. Down Town
Whats In A Lamp
Charlie Johnson Life As A Hurdles Race
My Grandson Wants To Live in Thailand
Gil Saliba The River
Being Home
Hal McCartor Haiku For April
Mort Levy The Call
Dave Cryan. Five Haikus (Insulation by Limericks)
Our Lady of The Orange Crayon
SEASON TWO
April, 2022 through March, 2023
March, 2023 Aging Poets Society Gathering
February, 2023 Readers and Writers Group
January, 2023 Aging Poets Society Gathering
December, 2022 Poetry Gathering
SEASON TWO
An Index of our monthly Writings
March , 2023. Skunk Mediha Saliba
There is No Truth, Only Now “
Glenda Gil Saliba
The Blizzard of 2023 “
Aging Gracefully Mort Levy
Questions I Asked During World War II. “
Haiku and The Beach Hal McCartor
The Salton Sea “
Tao “
Last Week's Epiphany Dave Cryan
Reach Out and Touch Someone "
February , 2023. Transported Mediha Saliba
Power Outage and my LED Beanie. “
A Fine Line Gil Saliba
A Trinity Spring “
A New Day Hal McCartor
More Haiku “
An Old Man’s Question Mort Levy
I Asked A Friend Charlie Johnson
Logan Page “
Speechless Dave Cryan
You May Call Me “
The Squirrels of Wallingford “
January, 2023. Big Foot Mediha Saliba
Winter Chill “
Appreciation Hal McCartor
AT HOME. (New & Collected Poems). “
The Plague Mort Levy
The Vacation From Hell. Charlie Johnson
A Winter’s Walk Dave Cryan
New Years. Revolution “
December, 2022. Migration Mediha Saliba
Don’t Bring That In Here “
The Silence of Now. Gil Saliba
The Whole Enchilada “
Ian’sAftermath Mort Levy
At Home Hal McCartor
Tommy Smoot Charlie Johnson
Catching Up Dave Cryan
Getting Along In Covid. “
Scrap Iron “
November , 2022. One Mean Mother Mort Levy
Pumpkin Weather Mediha Saliba
War With The Feminine. “
Another Way Hal McCartor
Overcoming Skepticism Gil Saliba
Goodbye Genevieve Peter Putnam
Reflection on “Goodbye, Genevieve”. Dave Cryan
A Quest Uncovered. “
Reflection at Mile Post 88. “
“The Surfaces and Spaces of a Relationship” Charlie Johnson
October, 2022 A Favorite Eatery Mort Levy
Chapter1…Choosing Hal McCartor
Chapter 2 ..Consequences “
My Affair With The Petroleum Industry Dave Cryan
Getting On with It “
Fall Mediha. Saliba
End of An Era “
My LittleGarden Gil Saliba
Silence “
September, 2022. Time Travel of the Spirit/Mind/Soul. Charlie Johnson
For Julie; August Garden Hal McCartor
Another Way “
Stone People Mediha Saliba
Forest Life “
Man Agitates; Nature Performs Gil Saliba
Transition “
Fox News’d Mort Levy
The Nazi In Me. “
Two Months Along The High Road Dave Cryan
Night Light
August, 2022 Odyssey Hal McCartor
Fraenum Mediha Saliba
Summer’s In My Mind “
Being Gil Saliba
The Unseen “
My Bed Partner Mort Levy
Lightening Up Dave Cryan
Skating On Through “
Last Week’s Epiphany Dave Cryan
Reach Out and Touch Someone “
July, 2022 Scarlett Mediha Saliba
The Freckle “
Remembering Mom Gil Saliba
Tale of The Sands “
Dial Up Mort Levy
I Lost My Best Friend Bruce Charlie Johnson
Kent Christianson “
Ode To Zenker’s Diverticulum “
At The Lighthouse Dave Cryan
And The Carousel Goes Round and Round “
June, 2022. The Contact List Hal McCartor
The Night Grandpa Kissed Grandma. Mort Levy
Phoenix Rising Gil Saliba
Within A Rainbow “
House On The Hill Mediha Saliba
Finding Freedom “
Previews of Hell Charlie Johnson
One Bowl, One Spoon Dave Cryan
Back In Charge “
May, 2022 What Is Life Like Hal McCartor
Four 2022 Passover Seder Questions Mort Levy
Ukrainian Spring “
Time And Distance Charlie Johnson
Sepia Times Dave Cryan
“Exit Left, Holding Pens” “
April, 2022 Paraphrasing Shakespeare Mort Levy
Old Man Musing (The Book) Hal McCartor
Covid In The Country Mediha Saliba
Humboldt Bay “
Uncertain Future Gil Saliba
Pandemic “
Fire And Light “
Reading In Tacoma Dave Cryan
A Whiter Shade of Pale “
Season One
April, 2021. Through March, 2022
Season One...
An Index of our monthly writings
APRIL, 2021 THROUGH MARCH, 2022
Title Author
March, 2022 Surfin’ USA Hal McCartor
Entomophagy (…..“Bug Eating) Mediha Saliba
Homeland DNA “
Inner Peace Gil Saliba
Light From within “
Kiev, Then and Now Mort Levy
The Racer Charlie Johnson
Disguise “
Looking For Home Dave Cryan
Two Apples and A Pear “
George Winston’s Anti-Racist Piano. “
February, 2022 TheAbbotts HalMcCartor
After I Am Gone Charlie Johnson
My Grandson’s Hands Mediha Saliba
Sanctuary Gil Saliba
Shadows “
The Importance of Now Mort Levy
Free At Last Dave Cryan
Westwood Redux (sestina) “
January, 2022 Awe Hal McCartor
Snow “
Routines Are Made To Be Broken Mediha Saliba
The Mystery “
Goodbye, 2021 Gil Saliba
Why? "
Winter is acumen in, goddamn. Bob Miller
My Mother UsedTo Say Mort Levy
(Reprise of his January work). Charlie Johnson
Reflection on A Christmas Letter Dave Cryan
The High School Reunion “
December, 2021 Escape Mediha Saliba
Fall Colors “
An Evolving Planet Gil Saliba
Here or Elsewhere? “
OldMan Musing Hal McCartor
To Sumuru, on her 33rd Birthday Charlie Johnson
Mind Poems “
Infinities of Anniversaries “
A Moral Dilemma Mort Levy
I Smile When Asked Dave Cryan
Coming Out “
November, 2021. Something Looms Mediha Saliba
Be Still “
Flight of The Cranes Gil Saliba
Return of The Cranes “
My Friend Sam Mort Levy
My Life’s Notebook “
Fitst Love’s Triptych “
Snippets From My Life Hal McCartor
Johnny Verbeck. “
Generous Respect “
Wild Iris “
Diagnostic Error “
For My Sister Toby Charlie Johnson
Christmas On Fast Forward Dave Cryan
Snowbirds “
October, 2021 A Miracle. (September 18th) Mediha Saliba
Fear Hal McCartor
Left Behind “
Seasons Gil Saliba
Ron “
The Call Mort Levy
Dream of Fields Dave Cryan
Walking in Ballard “
Two Paths?..In Your Dreams “
Green Planet With Three Suns Charlie Johnson
Space Travel “
September, 2021 Summer Storm Mort Levy
Fire Mediha Saliba
Evacuate, Fire Coming “
Uncertainty Gil Saliba
Embraced “
Jolly Hal McCartor
On Turning Eighty-six Charlie Johnson
Home By Dark Dave Cryan
Hail Seahawks, Green and Blue “
August, 2021 Cherry Blossom Time in D.C. Mediha Saliba
Burnt Umber “
Lovers Hal McCartor
The Levis Problem “
Water Gil Saliba
On SecondThought “
The Liberator Mort Levy
The Avenger “
Perfect Attendance Dave Cryan
PerfectUnattendance. “
Second Reading “
July, 2021 Can’t Control The Pits. Mediha Saliba
June Is Too Early “
Bionic Charles Charlie Johnson
Technology Freak Revenge
(one) and two “
The Blue Barn Mort Levy
Simple Hal McCartor
Toward The End “
Discovery Gil Saliba
In Memoriam. “
“The Neurosurgeons”
(track 6 “The Unteachables”) Bob Miller
Fifty-three Lincoln in Ballard Dave Cryan
You Don’t Take Me Flying Anymore “
A Wellness Visit “
June, 2021 Hollyhocks Hal McCartor
My Life. “
The Red Wagon. Mediha Saliba
“What Next?” “
The Sands of Iraq Mort Levy
Closure Gil Saliba
Gratitude. “
“Good Morning , Covid. 19!” Charlie Johnson
Covid 19 Talks Back Dave Cryan
And So It Goes in Minneapolis “
Reunion Bob Miller
May, 2021 Walk in The Woods Mediha Saliba
Call For The Beat Poets “
Jim
Summer, Autumn, Winter. HalMcCartor
Being Gil Saliba
In Search of Paradise “
Phoenix Dactifloria Mort Levy
Remembrance “
SecondDeath “
No Illusions at Forty Dave Cryan
The Ball Field 1945
April , 2021. Warm Bread Hal McCartor
The Girl in The Library Mort Levy
A Bloomsday Letter Dave Cryan
Norman Never Had a Clue “
The Last Carding “
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