Gonna Be an Engineer (in memory of Peggy Seeger)   Forget all the books, physical theorems, logorithms and calculus imperatives.   If you watch people who work with tools and push holes into wood and metal, you soon understand that the trick is merely to…

Embracing clouds in blue sky Gazing Sun making things so much beauty Flowers draping the land in its majesty Looking for warm embraces As Mother Earth embraces all Moving in the movement of all things Teardrops from heaven As the dry earth in its thirst…

Powders upon powders Or maybe on top of creams. Sometimes gel, too. End result: enhanced beauty. Sometimes I work for it. Other times I don’t care enough. The end result looks quite effortless, But the reality can be hours of work. Often I just don’t…

Cold so bitter that a long draw of air would pull the cilia inside your lungs; grab a handful of these tiny hairs and pull until the breath of air turned into a deep cough; the snow, so high, the clothes line was under our…

Out of touch for years, Randy never made a class reunion couldn’t be located; only child, his mother dead father presumed so years before Randy never married, had no kids A few of us tried; mail, Christmas cards returned, undeliverable, no forwarding one day a…

Smoky campfire air Secluded, gentle river The countryside’s peace.

Poem FOURTEEN has been removed and now appears on chocolate is a verb, 30 August 2016.

shopping cart family   the shopping cart family wheels by each day an assortment of children, most fitting in the cart they have no car, walking to the grocery store   faded mismatched clothes and unkempt hair he is always with her, unlike most couples…

Please keep it to yourself Open the door to happiness Every single time Make sure it stays that way

Ezekiel reminds us of old: “Fathers have eaten green grapes, thus their children’s teeth are on edge”. What say you, dear Lady? I hear your sweet voice… it calls both father and children to return with all their heart to the One Who aches for…