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The Perfect Mid Day

A sky of the bluest blue, cannot be whole without clouds of white, underlined with shadows and darker, richer whites; these accent the...

Across The Modern Fence

Across this modern fence, Lays the tall grass and sunshine, and motley growth Of yesterday, not mown, Littered with limbs, and Spiny...

The Water Keeps Moving

Day in. Day out. The water flows toward us, as we take in the beauty of the earth. Day in. Day out. If we are there, it runs down in...

Kept In Order

The barn stands like a silent watchman, the hat pulled down tight, the shoes of stone as hard as the day they were set, the coat was...

Saline Creek

The merciful waters come up from below, and bubble and rock down the earth, cutting its width from the soil, and making its spindly run,...

This Tiny Thing

This tiny thing, in giraffe print jammies, Can hold my hand so tight, As much as thirteen months will allow, Your fingers wrapped at...

Reaching For The Sky

The blooms of red, Locust sing in full delight, August sun has come in, September temperatures prevail, The glory of it all, The birds,...

Days Fog

The days fog is dragging the ground, from cooler days than we can remember, the tree is bare of its coat, Across the ground so brown,...

Look Into My Eyes

Watch closely ….keep your eyes open…. Look into my eyes…..look, look…and you will see…..closer, yes closer, watch with wonder, watch with...

Worlds Best Brittle

It was kind of one of those things that you had to experience to really understand how it all worked. It worked because of who was there...

Look Beyond

Offer up your thanks when the truth seems hidden, Watch for reality when night falls and darkness presides, Capture thoughts, as the sun...

The Crown Of Plenty

These flowers stand, toward the west, milking so gently the afternoon sun, It reflects the time and winters past, with bright colors of...

The Neighbors Garden

Play the keeper of the garden, Maybe just the water still, They could be gone a week or two, It must be wet, this heat so high, On all...

In The Summer

My heart is broken, my soul a mess, When time is moving by so fast, When gray hair covers this balding head, Each bent limb, another...

Mom

Born in southwest Oklahoma. Her mother died when she was 3, she was orphaned at 8, married at 16, pulled cotton, a baker, a Navy wife,...

Time In The Barn

The barn has mighty feet, built by those of the thirties, Blocks of made-up stones pulls around the outside each placed one at a time,...

Play With Me

Liberty School, on the hill looks down, upon the town itself, or perhaps, the town looks upward at the school. The building is old, the...

Cooling

These hot days, when a man walks out of the house to begin his day as the sun breaks the hill, streams of morning sweat begin to run,...

Day After

Elsa made her waltzing way, Blasting from south and west, To north and east, and curling Up the eastern coast, rolling The wind in giant...

Morning Walk

By chance perhaps a morning walk, a time to think, to listen, to feel the breadth of natures power upon my soul, and find the person who...

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