WHAT IS HAPPENING??

His sweat glands are in overdrive.

His legs feel like Jell-o.

His heart beats like a runaway drum.

His stomach and intestines are dancing the Tango.

His brain has short circuited.

What is happening?

Simple, he is walking into his love´s arms.

- Harlow F. Newton Jr.

From Poems from a Man to a Woman

Dominical, Costa Rica

MY TWO ROSES

THEY CAME TO ME FROM DIFFERENT ROSE GARDENS

THEY CAME TO ME AT DIFFERENT TIMES

ONE IS NOW TWENTY-TWO AND IS

A FULLY BLOSSOMED ROSE OF WOMANHOOD

THE OTHER NOW SEVENTEEN IS BLOSSOMING

WITH TENDER PEDALS THROUGHOUT

THESE TWO ROSES ARE PART OF THE REASON

OUR LORD PUT ME ON THIS EARTH

SO I NOT ONLY TO SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY,

LISSA AND GLORIANN

BUT ALSO THANK YOU

FOR GIVING ME A REASON TO BE

LOVE,

DAD OR PAPI

- Harlow F. Newton Jr.
Letter to his two youngest daughters

WE ALL

WE ALL HAVE LOVED,

YET WE ALL HAVE HATED.

WE ALL HAVE OUR NEEDS,

YET WE ALL WISH TO BE NEEDED.

WE ALL HAVE A MONKEY ON OUR BACK,

YET WE ALL WISH TO HAVE A PET MONKEY.

WE ALL HAVE BEEN HURT,

YET WE ALL HAVE CAUSED HURT.

WE ALL WILL NEVER BE TOTALLY CLEAN,

YET WE ALL BATHE OFTEN.

WE ALL HAVE HOPE,

YET WE ALL HAVE DISPAIR.

WE ALL HAVE FRIENDS,

YET WE ALL HAVE ENEMIES.

AND OF COURSE

WE ALL HAVE A FUTURE,

YET WE ALL HAVE A PAST

SO WE ALL MUST DRIVE OUT

DEMONS FROM THE PAST AWAY

TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE ANGELS OF OUR FUTURE.

- Harlow F. Newton Jr.

March 11, 2006

Finca 3 Semillas, Costa Rica