Last Dance
Sitting, watching the last danceLovers once young, but now old and greystill entranced The music changes quickly nowThe dancing turns to art somehow Closed eyes let the pages turnThe...
- November 20, 2025
Rhythmic Stories
Country girls hand in hand
Country girls hand in hand Take my hands, she said with them stretched out wideCome closer and stand right next to me, get by my bedside I have something...
- October 26, 2025
Phoenix
In Greek mythology the Phoenix Represents hope, new beginnings, personal growth, and triumph over adversity. Ones Triumph over adversity Determination that saysYou’ll see. Hope rests in her heartShe...
- October 18, 2025
Life Matters
Life never mattered so muchUntil you take away the ability to touch The ease of movement your body makesNot the sting of pain that movement takes The sound of...
- October 15, 2025
Kicking Against the Goad
A goad in Hebrew means literally “the thing that teaches A goad is a pointed stick, sometimes metal-tipped, used in driving cattle or an animal used in plowing. The...
- November 16, 2022
Tough Row To Hoe
In farming and gardening, to hoe a row is to turn a line of soil for planting seeds or bulbs— A tough row to hoe describes an enormous, challenging...
- November 11, 2022
A Hillside Day
It was puzzles or cardsPlaying Tag in the yard No devices that distractOur family was intact We had Carefree daysIt was our hillside way Playing until darkOur yard was...
- November 8, 2022
Color My Smile
Make me smileFor a little while Point my dayTo the best way I need a colorful sceneTo keep bad days unseen Please give me a reason toKeep holding on...
- November 3, 2022
Mama’s Words
When pain is deeper than a wellYou will long for someone to tell You Bury the pain deep insideNot trusting anyone to confide You reason this, too, shall soon...
- October 31, 2022
Front Porch Swing
It’s a soothing thingOur front porch swing The back-and-forth motionLike the sway of an ocean The conversations taking placeAs you swing, keeping pace Visitors will come and goWhile Big...
- October 31, 2022
Distance
When I miss youI’ll always wish too See you somedayBy my footpath way The Time and distanceWon’t rust my insistence My heart will forever burnWith hope, I’ll continue to...
- October 30, 2022
Autumn’s Balm
Few things I find more comfortingAs the soothing balm Autumn brings After the heat of Summer endsI look forward to falls chilly winds As Fall sweeps my blues awayfinally,...
- October 29, 2022
Fresh Air
On cool autumn eveningsMy mama would always bring A chair or two outsideTo watch her brood playing We mostly ran down country roadsStopping briefly and playing with toads We...
- October 26, 2022
Seasons
I’m looking at the flowers by the fieldspinning, spinning, trying not to yield The wind isBlowing, blowingThem away It seems like beauty always goes away I’m not sure why it...
- October 26, 2022
