Long Picnicked Poems

I was a dedicated, expert arborist, bringing joy and comfort to shady spaces,
As mountains give cool joy to blooms, in butterscotch afternoon's last traces.

A love of trees grew in youth, when climbing our oak, four...

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January eighth came round and Tabitha was born,
Another January, just one year more, and Mandi came along.
Just one year nineteen days was all, there was between these girls,
But that seemed oh so long ago, and...

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When I was just a little boy
we picnicked under alpine skies,
one time a mule deer strolled out
and fed in the meadow nearby.
Tall, curving antlers rising up
from a regal, tan-grey head
“The finest buck I’ve ever seen,”
were...

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I had a date (not a great date but a date)! Could our covid nightmare be ending? 

An actual one-on-one date - can you imagine? It was with Noud, a university student (from Holland) I...

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I have mentioned (perhaps over-mentioned) 
the mountain memories here at our cabin we all treasure….
There have been a wonderful mix of nature, people and places
with whom we have grown older together.

As for our favorite places…this...

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Walking beside the ocean always fills me with emotion
Reminiscing of that special day when first I saw your face
You were swimming in the deep blue sea and passing by you waved at me
I caught my...

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A TELEPHONIC TONIC

I can’t believe she remained on the telephone~
For years she’d been telling me to leave her alone~
But my heart had done the dialing while I could hardly speak~
Words etched for refinement and beauty...

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A TELEPHONIC TONIC

I can’t believe she remained on the telephone~
For years she’d been telling me to leave her alone~
But my heart did the dialing while I could hardly speak~
Words etched from her beauty for a...

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Hickory Queen of the Petrified Forest was increasingly fabulous, 
Proud not arrogant, confident, not smug, and people came yearly to see her
She is like the statue of liberty, only prettier, one little girl said to...

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Love on the rocks



I’ve fallen in love with a mermaid
She captured my heart with her song
She was singing her scales
And upsetting the whales
As she knitted a seashell sarong

Well I smiled at her, very politely
And she...

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With summer coming to an end very soon
I went on a long hike to escape my feelings of doom
my trusty walking cane helping me with my stride
doubling as a weapon in case I spied a...

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Going  out on a date calling around at nine
We are to wrap up warm no high  heels this time

Dressed in  thick sweaters trainers on our feet
We drove to the river a boat was waiting looking sleek

Jumped aboard...

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We’ve picnicked at the local park
It’s time to go, as it’s getting dark
But Lucy’s lost her small rag doll
And can’t sleep without Millie Moll

We have to find Lucy’s special toy
The roundabout doesn’t bring us joy...

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I have trekked across glaciers beneath high Sierra peaks.
Taken cover in blazing torrents on the rim of the Grand Canyon.
Picnicked under giant red woods, where trees last centuries.
Camped on sheltered islands removed from the coast.
Dove...

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Jersey Shore was where my family picnicked every year
Under the weeping willow with a spraying fountain near
Nineteen ninety-eight we saw a bald eagle fly west
Eagles always soar that time of year to their nest
Though it...

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Clouds lazed in river-mirrored sky
As we picnicked in tall spruce shade. 
"What lies beyond the river bend?"
Ma smiled, "I never went that far."

Under a raven’s watchful eyes,
Blue water streamed beneath the sky.
As he rode the...

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The Dog – My Lion!
The strong like Iron
Meriting Zion
From-The-Brave Scion
Now crushed by Tires
From who engines fires …

Just killed My Lion!
And melted Iron
And just wronged Zion
From-The-Strong Scion 
That Brave Rogues panicked
And with Saints picnicked:
Tires that my...

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FRENCH   DUCKS


Needed  a  break from work and worry
Took the kids to  France  on the overnight ferry
Picnicked  in some chateau  gardens  hot day in July
Duck came out...

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