Creekside Poems

Sinter's Cross, Part I

...You see that there? That’s Sinter’s Cross,
on the bluff by the stream,
a cross has stood there with his name
since eighteen eighty-three.
That was the year John Sinter fell,
but I’ll not skip ah...

Hometown Souvenirs

...I wish to view an Oct sunrise in my hometown.
Riding a train to class and eating bread brown.
I miss wearing boots in my charming homeland.
Jackets and hats close to the September end....

Snafu Roux Coo

...They bought a property that was located on a seafront.
It was a beautiful creek that needed a long driveway to gain access to the place where they were going to build.Dong Tao Pollo. the guy siad sp...

The Sherriff's First Day, Part Ii

......They were quite faint, most would not have seen them,
just a pattern in how the grass did bend,
from their looks the cowboys seemed unaware,
Connolly decided to move with care.

He knew not w...

Our Meadow In Ukraine, a Prayerful Wish

...When walls crumble down
And dreams lay strewn and scattered
Remember our place
Deep in the mountain forest
Through the sharp-thorned brush
A meadow creekside
Times like this our shelter built
...

Surprise

...11/14/20


Girl, look me in my eyes
I'm not like all these other guys
I know, it's a surprise

I'm actually wise
And not what you thought was advertised
Don't worry about it, it's fine
Beca...

Hunting the Bear, Part Ii

......The bear returned to his great feast,
and the trigger squeezed on back.
The gun barked, led striking deep,
the bear roared at the attack.

It raced off into the woods,
dashing for a creeksid...

Seasonal Death

...through a mud stained field
and thickets galore
mountaintops blue in the haze
walked through hayfield stubble
with a damp, faithful dog

I am anticipating Halloween
but thoughts dissolve quick...

Melanie Where Is She

...Melanie, where is she ???

My patience has reached a ceiling.
Much too heavy is this feeling

I get when I get no consideration.
Your total lack of appreciation

breaks my troubled heart
wit...

Interrogations of the Boogeymen

...I am the vampire, is this thing on?
As I said I'm merely a pawn.
NOW you're recording? I am the vam--oh bother it all!
Must we do this in the bathroom stall?
Wolfman took the girl, anyway.
He's alway...

Broomsage Sunset

...I gathered broomsage this morning down where the bunnies hide
This patch of chosen broomsage had grown to terrific heights

For it was well watered, down close to the creekside
Bubbling from the ...

Away

...Softly she enters the path into wood
Dressed in summer's white linen, black hat unband
Toddlers follow, these of her motherhood

In bloom today trees ..dogwoods, cottonwood
She carries her butte...

Special Moments

...A secluded cabin
fail-safe  into a mountain side -
Oh, so high, one feels
they can attain and adjoin the clouds

A pallet of goose-down feathers, veiled
by a hand sewn comfortor
and a spiderli...

Disclosure

...We had talked at length for hours, we had held hands


Sharing the innocent intimate touch that matters so very much


We had gone for a walk in the moonlight along the creekside park


Watc...

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