The world can be so simple If we stop to take a pause Only complex as we make it Without any real just cause The beauty in a moonbeam Or shadow of the night Too often lost beneath the bustle Of each bright city light…

Moonshadow is a strange song “If I ever lose my hands, I won’t have to work no more.” Is this searching for a bright spot in a tragic loss? If I ever have to give up working, it will sadden me to my core.  …

five chords and strumming the story unfolds washing o’er me in billows

Listen to the song, child. Find it in my heart. Hear it in my ears. Sing with my voice. Listen to the song, child, To the rhythm and sway. Listen loudly And then hide away. Listen to the song, child. Find your way. Keep listening,…

We built the treehouse up in the old hickory tree we would sleep up there to escape the heat from the little cottage  our grandfather built back when he was young and strong and not hunched over with age. At night, we would watch the…

Please listen to Moonshadow by Cat Stevens (Here’s the handy Youtube link) and then write a poem as soon as the song ends.

The firefly ballerina does a grande jetë like a comet soaring across the cabin Stained glass miniature bottles suspended by silver constantly kiss each other in a sweet symphonic synchronicity conducted by a Summer breeze The coquette moon peaking from behind the treeline teases through…

A strange day for Goldilocks was two years to the day later  after eating their porridge, bursting the chair. and sleeping in their littlest bed:   They had chased me to the treeline,  and lifted fists in the air — Do not return! But on…

It’s time for our family get-away not a cottage but a  week up in Boyne. A resort here in upper Michigan far away from the chaos and noise.   Pack the car with food, masks, and goodies and a bottle of iced coffee for me….

Dawn, scans the treeline,  searching for dusk, the heat of noon hides him behind a mask of light. The bottle in Dawn’s  grip contains a magic porridge, which once inside Dusks belly causes lethargy, Dusk waits for Dawn, for the game to begin within the his strange…