One day on the way to see my husband’s sister my husband and I were headed down I -35 , when we got close to the Britain Road sign we passed by Frontier City amusement park. I looked at my husband and said wow that’s really changed hasn’t It? I remember when...
Merry go round beautiful sound Riding high below the blue sky Cimarron Rose and Bella Blue Blazing colors with iron horseshoes Bright smiling faces Holding poles fixed in places Feet firmly planted in little brown stirrups Giggles and laughter when the horses giddyup Calico Sally seems to always dilly dally Her...
Easy Rider Three The Western flyer bike flies by as fast as it can go Three young boys taking turns each putting on a show A trail of dust is kicked up as it flies down the road Mom smiles as she looks their way...
As far back as I can remember mom wore a tattered dressIt never seemed to trouble me for I always felt I was blessed Mom wore her tattered dress with pride at least that’s what I thoughtHow could I have ever known that strife and poverty had been her lot She...
The Clothesline Mom hung out laundry on the old clotheslineUnderwear dancing in the wind was just fine Clothespins fastened the clothes real tightPants on the left and shirts on the right White sheets flapping made a distinctive soundJust hanging out drying while no one’s around An occasional driver by might get...
What’s in a hope chest Some thing special not like the rest She puts inside some small treasure Something she bought that brought her pleasure How will she fill it in the coming years As her day approaches she has some fears She quietly sits and wonders about that day How...
The old willows limbs gently swaying in the breezeSmall children playing underneath doing as we pleased Making mud pies in old tin cansWaiting to be eaten by unsuspecting fans Mom never had to worry or wonder where we’d beShe knew our favorite hangout was underneath that willow tree But no scarier...
The Navajo woman saw beauty all aroundShe would weave the beauty she saw growing on the ground Her Poles staked out and measured to heighton the Upright looms with no moving parts to fight Her eyes would slowly lookto the subject she undertook Her hands moved to and froA field of...
MOMS APRONMy mother wore an apron over every dress she hadIt wasn’t to put on a fashion show or start a trendy fad My mama was a model but not the city kindA fancy dress and high heels on her you wouldn’t find She walked the runway daily and tirelessly I...
