Down a Dusty Road
In the countryside, down a dusty roadOn a Winding hillside, there’s a little abode Standing back from the big old oakThe one so loved by all country folk It...
- October 14, 2022
October 2022
RIBBIT
Bullfrogs Serenade I heard the voice of a bullfrogas I approached, he jumped on a log a funny, deep tuba soundwater amplified his croak all-around a lazy day in...
- October 12, 2022
Pull yourself up by your Bootstraps
My mother had a saying she used frequently throughoutOur childhood yearsOn occasion, we children, at times had gotten ourselves into a mess or a situationand we would sit in...
- October 11, 2022
Wounded
Your provokingMy hearts choking I will take itUntil you quit A stepping stoneFor my heart alone Every time you eruptMy path, you disrupt You keep provokingEmbers your stoking When...
- October 9, 2022
A Photograph
Days roll byno times for hi’s youth is blindingno wrinkles binding no limits on daysjust hours we play youth on our sidedoors open wide running carefreeso much to see...
- October 9, 2022
My Daddy’s Lap
We always took turns sitting on our daddy’s lapafter he got home from work and he hung up his cap he would plop in his chair with crocheted doilies...
- October 6, 2022
Timeless Days
Some mornings I sit in the sunon a rock by my houseNo brothers or sisters;it’s quiet as a mouse I sink my feet in the smooth sun-warmed sandHolding rocks...
- October 5, 2022
