Thoughts that sometime...rhyme

I open my eyes To the cock’s mighty crow Day begins And the sky flies overhead Then, all too soon it seems The eyelids of night begin To close on the sunny scene As my eyes close in repose And the night spins silently by. Again and again The scenario repeats Each day brings new challenges And maybe... Sign in to see full entry.

I am standing on a black ivory platform It curves away to either side of me And I see the shadows of the people People who have been my life But now inhabit a higher plane. I am here because they once were Grandma Grandpa Dad And all the rest sigh The wind of which blows through my life I am now... Sign in to see full entry.

Identical We lie in wait Tucked into our tightly packed container. All the same, slim, round and white A shiver runs through our collective being As the bright red cellophane strip circumnavigates The path to our freedom. Yellow-tinged fingers Pull one of us from our confines Blood-shot eyes gleam... Sign in to see full entry.

It seems so long ago now The time of camping is done The icicles hanging from the roof Tell me outdoors is no fun. But once The fire crackled and popped As we gathered Smores fixin’s Close and fenced with hot dog Roasting sticks to the delightful Sounds of birds singing on high Camping out eased our... Sign in to see full entry.

There was a poem I found stuck in my head. But it didn’t rhyme or have meter at first I thought it was dead. Then I took it out into the sun and looked at it all ‘round looking for a flower petal of inspiration a musical note to waft on the wind. Could there be a color no one has seen before the... Sign in to see full entry.

I sit in my writing room and write and wonder if you will find room for my writing and if you do will you find it right? Fanciful pictures flood my head and the excess flow out and onto my screen where I put them on the web for all the world to read and be seen. Around the screen strange icons await... Sign in to see full entry.

A dark cloud hangs over my head the dark days of winter are upon me a cold white fluffy demon attacking from all directions covering the warm earth and stealing all the heat. I only want to turn my truck around but the driveway is narrowed from plowing and I rue thoughts of a three point turn.... Sign in to see full entry.

Snuggled down in a pile of straw the small owl with a dead Starling I saw. The laser green eyes pierced straight through me the sharp beak poised to gain it’s next meal. Scarcely eight inches tall with his white tufted chest and head he dared us to take his meal. I suppose he thought we were filled... Sign in to see full entry.

Days of winter Slide into each other The snow’s white blanket Makes them look the same. Flowers last stalks Shiver under Their icy caps Winter is here! For the other seasons It’s taps. A continuous gray sky Covers one day Into the next All the while The tree’s bare branches Claw at the sky Mourning... Sign in to see full entry.

When I think of how fast it has all gone. When I think of all the changes that have forged a life. When I think of that brand new life I held in my hands and how my heart soared. Then I think sometimes it is rather sad. Then I think Now that they’re gone am I still their dad? Then I think I know... Sign in to see full entry.