Gnarled
...The gnarled hands of woodworkers know the pain
a grip that's crippled from years of constant work
to grasp or carry a momentous strain
this problem is a continuous irk
Nothing can be done but t...
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Categories:
hardwoods, work,
Form: Rhyme
Dedicated To the Two Most Beautiful Doctors In the World
...hello dear doctors
i am here to say i'm sorry
i am an idiot
i admit it
i feel better than i have felt in, well, LIFE
i fell one day and hit my head hard on the original hardwoods
my new lady ...
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Categories:
hardwoods, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, for
Form: Free verse
One Warm Winter Day
...Not long ago, one midwinter day
The sky was bright blue, not dull winter gray
It lured me out, from my hiding place
For a welcome but needed, much change of pace
Heel-hound in tow, we made our ...
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Categories:
hardwoods, appreciation, nature, winter,
Form: Rhyme
Life Has Purpose
...Standing among the evergreens, hardwoods grow pale
Signaling the change—like a snakeskin shed in near perfect form,
On the forest floor, shadows and leaves, in infinite degrees of repose.
And for ...
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Categories:
hardwoods, age, children, death, goodbye,
Form: Free verse
One Thing That Love Is
...Everything here is true
Just as stated
because it's already happened
or - it has yet to occur -
but it's very soon to occur
and I have such strong feeling
that the future will be as I see it
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Categories:
hardwoods, dog, love, memory, sad,
Form: Free verse
Shade
... Your past, your romantic past, is a shadow. Like all towns, Port Angeles was a combination of rain and clouds, sun and mist, with a c...
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Categories:
hardwoods, anger, deep, history, humor,
Form: Verse
Hardwood Meets the Pines
...Down where the wisteria blossoms
Tall pines release their pollen
Oak tassels paint the woods spring-green
And winter is most forgotten
Cars and trucks go in a flurrie
Scurrie about all da...
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Categories:
hardwoods, political,
Form: Rhyme
A Presence In the Forest
...Somewhere in an old-growth forest,
a woman smoothly moves amidst
shadows of the pines and hardwoods.
Her mossy gown is verdant green,
her hair twinkles with mica and
her soul, deep as a midnight...
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Categories:
hardwoods, beautiful, dream, fantasy, mythology,
Form: Blank verse
My Hero
...Oh no, what a flow,
wee wee on the hardwoods,
we've got a ways to go,
running amuck,
jumping around,
what's up with my rotty?
I look so astound,
so playful and strong,
and handsome to boot,
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Categories:
hardwoods, animals
Form: Prose Poetry
Chihuahua Football At the Rose Hill Stadium
...Chihuahua Football At The Rose Hill Stadium
Watching football at home with my little dogs on a cold winter night, I realize that I coach my
own football team.
Running deep far into the footbal...
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Categories:
hardwoods, animals, family, fantasy, funny,
Form: Free verse
Truths Unspoken
...Born of glaciers, rivers flow,
turquoise ice and untouched snow,
deep green valleys far below,
ancient stands of hardwoods grow.
Icy rivers running deep,
through the mountain's midnight sleep,...
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Categories:
hardwoods, allegory, imagination, nature, philosophy,
Form: Rhyme