Long Julep Poems

This is one excited kid and one PROUD father...



I took my son to the lumberyard last Tuesday afternoon. The day itself, though toasty, was the best in quite some time.
And when we’d finished shopping -...

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When Nature's Beauty and Sky's Heart Became One
 
Emerald glen, I first saw angel’s wings come down
one of Nature's bright treasures outside our small town;
as brilliant glows entered sad heart and seeing eyes,
I heard voices...

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Emerald glen, I first saw angel’s wings come down
one of Nature's bright treasures outside our small town;
as brilliant glows entered sad heart and seeing eyes,
I heard voices from Heaven, soothing joyful cries,
turning I saw an...

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If I were to decorate the winter trees,
arms gangly gray in a crooked freeze,
with leaves of mint sugar and paper mache flowers,
how long do you think it would take?

I would need ladders and pulleys and...

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The old black man plowed the ground in that baking sun 
And sang all those old gospel songs 
The rows were straight as an arrow all through the field 
As I knew this was where...

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A Symphony Of Sound Still Around

Three ladybugs on a succulent pose.  
Two tired tulips in my windowsill doze.
New dark dahlias will soon surprise.
Begonias in sunshine will always rise.
Sunflower seed pods agree to nod. 
A...

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What do you think of when I say the word “love”
Flowers, blue skies and sunshine
And so when you think of total “commitment”
It's a lifetime of souls intertwined

When you hear the phrase, “cool as a cucumber”
Does...

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Ray Charles on a lonely night
Feel it mostly in his fingertips.
He play in every shade of blue.
His touch be intimate and true.

Ray Charles on a lonely night
Come to Harlem like a fool for you.
He lightly...

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I winced disenchantment whenever you fell
Through countless absurdities I held my tongue
While you courted your daydreams from hell.

I mastered the rules willing all to be well
As you blitzed career ladders splintering each rung
I winced disenchantment...

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If love is not a butterfly, what then is love?
a ripe avocado pear, maple julep, honeycomb?

momma said I didn't know
much about honey bees that she kills the drone
first before accepting she is in love tune,

then...

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Hot in the south sitting on the porch
Fanning your face with a hand fan
Dressed in a beautiful white dress 
With a cold mint julep in hand

Miss. JENNIFER, yes Miss. JAN
Do you believe what that SunShine...

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Sitting on the porch watching worlds collide
And wondering if the truth will be classified
Sipping a mint julep; knowing I should be horrified
Though I would consider that undignified

Gazing at the players moving their pawns
Fighting against destiny...

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I went for a walk on a summer’s eve
with my lady on my arm.
With a summer dress and parasol,
she also wore her lucky charm.
We wound our way past a charming well
so a penny was wished...

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The odds are stacked against me
But I’ve picked my favorite horse.
Today is Derby Day and will I watch it?
Yes, of course!

I am not a race fanatic
But for this one in Kentucky,
I select my top 3...

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Heat Wave Hits the North

By Elton Camp

Heat makes the Yankees scream and shout
But they don’t know what weather’s about

For those people, who in the South reside
It can be unpleasantly hot and humid outside

But that’s the...

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Joe Crow was here,

A Crow appeared on the balcony near,
just a clicking, not an ark he cried,
Seen as the harbinger of death, so queer,
begone foul black bird, hide,

the crows they circled overhead,
and called and arked...

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