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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
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