Mar 1, 2024 | Poetry & Photos
HELPING There is little I can do a small quiet person in a great universe to help with the inequities of life but I can help a tree a tiny soft green tree starting life I can cut away the briars I can discourage encroaching growth I can trim over-hanging...
Feb 1, 2024 | Poetry & Photos
ANTIQUITIES Antiquities inspire us to imagine worlds in the past with folks like us toiling on a mountainside pausing to wipe sweat from the brow to absorb the grandeur of the mountains pausing for a hunk of bread or a chunk of cheese not considering the world...
Jan 24, 2024 | Poetry & Photos
IN DEFENSE OF SEASONS The thought of warm sunny days year long is alluring but what would I do when I wake one day tiring of summer sun beating on my head I’m dreaming of cool crisp mornings of colored leaves swirling chrysanthemums waving their feather heads ...
Dec 1, 2023 | Poetry & Photos
THIS CHRISTMAS One Christmastime many years ago a child was born a present the beginning of a family the beginning of many years of laughter of song nights of celebration and togetherness Christine is gone now but she is with us always in spirit...
Nov 1, 2023 | Poetry & Photos
MEMORIES A memory can be sharp like a sword penetrating the center of my soul soft as a gentle breeze lifting my hair devastating as a bitter poison filling my whole self A memory can be sweet like candy melting on my tongue causing a smile...
Oct 1, 2023 | Poetry & Photos
THE SOLITARY ROCK The solitary rock sitting by the river the water washes over it in a flood the sun beats down on it storms tear at it a bird or a beast might wander by to sit on it and meditate the solitary rock belongs there never...
