Long Marguerites Poems

I was a learned college professor, who was forever eager to know more,
As blue-gray waves, finding sandy beaches, turn to seek another shore.

I drove to work smiling, in those tangerine days, so glad for avid...

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MARGUERITE’S    CHARMS

Rainy day finally gave way to intermittent sun -
Walked out with camera before rain should return,
And fell in love, mesmerized, helpless, captivated.
Stopped at garden with waist-high iron railings, riveted,
And its flowers...

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THE   FLOWERS   WELCOME   THE   QUEEN 



Spring returns  to my garden and the  Golden Queen
Once  again  warms  everything she touches.
A little girl ...

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TWO   KIDS   REMEMBERING


There we were

Next to the railtracks in the middle of the industrial heartland of 1950s Tyneside

Martin and me 

Summer’s day and no money and no place to go except...

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Plant a seed of hope, courage,
     strength, patience and love
     Dig a big hole in the garden of your thoughts
     Cover well with...

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Yet another Monday rolls around
                  And I rise with the sun
       ...

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Falling In Love 

It all started in a very simple way 
as she walked down the path and drank in  
the lilies bowing their heads to the river north 
and the birds chirping their...

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SONG   OF    SONGS 


Let me pluck ripened apples and strawberries for your delight
And put my hand under your head to soften the ground on which we lie tonight.
You  are...

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THE COLORS OF EVENING


Playing canasta with family and a shiny new deck of cards,
Kings, queens, the beautiful blackness of the spades.
While outside, through the window, everywhere 
Snow is falling in an uninterrupted blanket over the...

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