A Collection

                (1978-1995)

            Jack Mashman

     1.     To the Children, Wherever They Are

    2.     The Brown River

    3.     The Passing

    4.     A Short History

    5.     The Game

    6.     Moods

    7.     On the Launching Pad and Counting

    8.     God Bless America (And Other Countries)

    9.     Study in Grey

    10.    Perhaps

    11.    Greetings From A Tiny Inhabitant In Space

    12.    Man Alone

    13.    The View From Here

    14.    Inponderables

    15.    Play it Again  Gus

    16.    Doodles

    17.    One Moment

    18.    A Short Biography

    19.    Serenade of a Senior Citizen

    20.    Senior Citizen's Lament (Part Two)

    21.    A Stone Age Away

    22.    Matriarch

    23.    Clutter

    24.    Somewhere I Left My Childhood

    25.    On a Rainy Day

    26.    In a Minor Key

    27.    Before Color

    28.    Yesterday the Fireflies

    29.    Consolation

    30.    San Andreas Fault

    31.    What Is Going On Out There?

    32.    A Memory

    33.    Depression Years

    34.    Ebbtide

    35.    Father And Son

    36.    Ghetto Years

    37.    The Pelican

    38.    In Retrospect

    39.    As If (We live as if we are immortal- Wm. James)

    40.    Joseph Duprey

    41.    Requiem

    42.    The Picture on the Wall

    43.    The Antique Shop

    44.    The Lonely Cry at Night

    45.    On the Launching Pad and Counting (Part Two)

    46.    Revisited

    47.    Who Cares?

    48.    What Happened?

    49.    Ashes to Ashes

    50.    My Silent Friend

    51.    I'll Be Waiting

    52.    Reflections

    53.    My God Does Not Sit Upon A Throne

    54.    The Accounting

    55.    Then And Now

    56.    A Little Humility Wouldn't Hurt

    57.    The Awesome Responsibility Of Old Mr. Solomon

    58.    Guessed Wrong

    59.    Visiting An English Tavern

    60.    I'm Still Here

    61.    The Bottom Line

    62.    To A Certain Poet

    63.    Death Was

    64.    Pumpkin Seeds and Polly Seeds

    65.    Brr!  It Is Cold Outside

    66.    (Untitled)

    67.    My Maiden Aunt

    68.    Nocturne on Sarasota Bay

    69.    The Sly Little Minx

    70.    Not For Me

    71.    The Double Door

    72.    Retiree Blues

    73.    A Still Life

    74.    Nightmare City

    75.    In My Dream (I)

    76.    The Assumption

    77.    A Sense of Time Approaching

    78.    Where is the software?

    79.    Sour Grapes

    80.    In My Dream (II)

    81.    Will It Play in Peoria?

    82.    Freudian Capers

    83.    God Enters the Realm of Practical Politics

    84.    Forgive Us Oh Lord

    85.    Credo

    86.    In the Final Innocence of Clarity

    87.    Young Widow

    88.    Autumn Serenade

    89.    Hit And Run

    90.    Flight Number One

    91.    Time Watch

    92.    The Atheist

    93.    The Hermit

    94.    The Mischief of the Light

    95.    Holders of the keys of power,

    96a.   Humble Manual

    96b.   Epitaph    

    97a.   Trio

    97b.   We Shall Fight on the Beaches

    98.    Senior Citizens Lament

    99.    Golden Retriever

    100.   Requiem: Death of a Friend

    101.   The Wonder of It All

    102a.  Late Afternoon

    102b.  Best Friend

    102c   "The People Have Spoken"

    103.   To My Two Sons

    104a.  Oh What a Beautiful Baby

    104b.  A Dream

    105a.  A Visit

    105b.  After the Storm

    105c.  Retirement Home

    106.   Just A Thought

    107.   Sarasota Bay I    Morning

    108.   Sarasota Bay II   Afternoon

    109.   Sarasota Bay III  Evening

    110.   Love Song At the Fiftieth (I)

    111.   Love Song At the Fiftieth (II)