(In Public Domain) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/39901 Oldest Sister - 07/16/21 Night-Shining White …and as she studied the horse, Or better, wondered over it, For, yes, it was a horse, The form and features and movements were all there, But something else, she was sure, was...
I Said Before I Die I said before I die I wish to spend an afternoon, A day, Watching, observing, and beholding, From a hill, The passage of clouds, after a storm, Huge and white and immense in silent beauty. For this would thrill my heart And deeply satisfy my soul. And later, a month or more, a...
Probably Originally Written On a Business Trip in the mid-1990s. The Poems that are Written on Hotel Pads The poems that are written on hotel pads, Or other scraps of paper, Those that are written from a heart driven to words Are those at times written in pain - As an open heart scarred with a...
February 28, 2019 For Myles & Theo - July 2020 - Two Blessings in a Troubled & Troubling Year Once I saw waitingFor the light to changeOn a busy cornerAn African-American boyA studentFrom a nearby schoolA tall boyOf a light black-colored skinRound pleasant face, gentle faceEyes ahead...
March 6, 2019 Just fainting she saidNot eaten for a while Serving dinner at church Finished, awaiting her own filet mignon An extra Sitting high on a stool Felt faint, hand outstretched Security camera caught it all Yes, outstretched armThen outReally whacked head on floorThey saidOuch Able to...
When I was threeMy daddy taught meHow to sit under the orange tree in springTo catch the smell of the blossomsWhile I played under the treeWith my tea cup, Baby Mary and me When I was threeMy daddy would read to meIn the evening after supperWe would share a hot cup of teaAnd be cozy with the crazy...