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Fragile Strength

Carry me down this road, Slowly this time, let the wind and the sky and turning of the day, roll the magic up in me, And find my eyes...

Loggerhead Shrike

Tiny feet, wrapped around two-layer barbed wire, between two barbs, with the painted silver top of the post, scratched by time, and...

The Lonesome Tree

Apart from the tide, and the tide of people, apart from the growth that doesn’t grow, this mighty small tree, can seize the moment, When...

Eight Legs

Just a small piece. Amazing what eight legs can do, all of them moving, Wrapping themselves and the web around the prey, Spinning the...

Where The Earth Goes

Step lightly on this beach, Carry your concerns here, Leave them amongst the patchouli scented nights, The windswept days, the clouds in...

Awake

There are green leaves that bow and flitter, Who spank the air with softened strokes, Some who have made the trip to grasp forever, Only...

Across The Road

Across the road, just past the curve, a trip around, one must fly, to avoid the cars, rushing in and out, along the busy stretch, Pulled...

The Wolf Hounds

These hunters, George who was six and Pete who was five, with their father, Thomas Jefferson Hudson Goodmon and these two dogs, posed...

After The Storm

We can tear through the twists of rain as it falls down upon us, we can walk along the grass built with bridges of waters run, we can see...

A Fall Day

I was four years old, on the beautiful day, when the trees had started to turn, and leaves were falling, Ann Morrison Park, picnic and...

Union Pacific

1963. For 38 years the station had been in business of moving freight and passengers from Boise, Idaho to their landing places across the...

Breaking Up The Soil

The harrow would be run a day or two, after the plow had dug and tilled the soil, The mules pulled the blades deep, curling and turning...

Canning

We are down to the cucumbers today. There appear to be few, but I can assure you that there are many jars collecting these specially cut...

Riding The Tractor Home

The tractor seat has moved past comfort, Into the recesses of time, Each wheel has watched the rubber go, The steel on those metal rings...

Watch The Colors Again

In the timber’s of the Ouachita Mountains, where the waters flow so easily, through the dense and different stands of trees; bushes and...

Looking For A Moment

The rooster, “Charles the IV” (Whose breed is quite unknown), By those who know it best, Can only stay a moment. He must be off among...

A Thousand Trees

North of the Verdigris River, outside the city limits of one of Oklahoma’s smallest, thriving towns, is one of the oldest, and largest,...

Cool Water Runs

The water is cool, as it breaks the surface, it is white in its color, running down through the width of the pan. It is quick in its...

Weathered

The fan is bent, it’s blades are rounded, The axle is there, but rusty, tired and stopped. The stand upon which it stood is gone...

Lucy

I am Lucy. Thou shalt know this is my brood and thou hast wormed your way in. Care for me not in thine own way any longer, Pull for my...

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