Youth in the Mountains

Fireworks sparking into the night Reflections on the lake. Mountains soaring up so high Emotions filling my head.        I tripped.          We kissed.      I ran and hid. My shy embarrassment out of hand. I look back with…

Tap Dancing on Puddles

Tap Dancing on Puddles VCS He went out the door at noon He arrived at the pub at two By three or four he was playing billiards After seven in the evening He couldn’t recall If he’d told his wife Where he’d been off to…

bounty

on the 4th of July after the parade all of the children gathered in the field on the north side of the fairgrounds together this ground was safe, for children to run and reach and scramble chosen for its safety surrounded by a fence keeping…

5 OH SO, SO SAD

Why there’s no room to dream on And no time for wishful thinking Why there’s not a chance for life ever after And no glimpse into the future Rare will be a breath of cold wind There will never be another peek at a happy…

America the beautiful

My country tis of thee, you birds of a feather that flock together leaving our poor in need.     The sin becomes sacred: in God’s name we bleed, but we need religion to make us better as our leaders are born baptized in greed….

Terror in America – 9/11

Terror in America – 9/11 Time exploded, yet again In the face of hapless humankind Desecrating the edifice of democracy Another country, another place They cry “blood – another world!” Is it love, a bomb, a knife… Is this war? The spirit of Nostradamus runs…

Summer days under the apple tree

After breakfast filling the cart with goodies, books, crayons, water, and anything else that seem really important to take I would walk off turning around the first barn then the next into the big garden at the back of the house, there now I can…

Apples

A school trip becomes an escape to get lost in my favorite place Crispy leaves crunching under foot Birds fly over head that like to avoid the city The chill in the air is perfect for the apple picking season The scent of the cider…

5- Just a Car

Just a car Driving time A gravel road Our favourite song   Deep hearts talk Listen and feel A star lit sky Swaying fields   Connection of love Imprinting a moment Inhale the memory Hold on still