Main Road Poems

Sophie

...
Sophie and her family
Had once found
Two sicklish cub lionesses
In the forest.
And had decided to take them home;

They had a big garden.
So her father and she
Had decided to keep them;

...

furrows of life

...The  furrows of Life
 
The narrow way leading up to the farm from the main
the road had a gate, so cattle could not wander off to
the main road getting. The way had three furrows, two
caused by ...

Find Your Road

...If you're astray
Or lost your way
Find the main road.

If road is blocked
Wait for rescue
Find a detour.

If life is road
Read sure road signs
Drive safely.

If choose two roads
Think tw...

The Main Roads

...The main road lies dormant, its houses seemingly asleep. But at 6 a.m., life bursts forth in a flurry of activity. The heavy traffic that streams towards Jack in the Box Gully is relentless, a so-cal...

Small Towns Between

...The town fathers
are long neglected by scavenging vultures,
locked up as they are,
in the wood cabin, we call the town museum.

Inside the shack, there are old tintypes, sepia
photographs and t...

Old Wanderer Friend

...Old Friend

Yesterday taken a walk in Fryent Country Park, a heart of nature
Landscapes, ponds, trees, bushes, fields, forests, great shoots
My camera cried with joy, I often wiped the lenses, wi...

Relent

...

Most of the night was a blur
Couples giggling as they passed
Some teens jostling each other in the shadows, the smell of cheap alcohol carrying on the night air
The neon fuzz of the carnival c...

esoteric mountain

...Esoteric mountain 

The track leading up to the mountain 
that had no spire but was as flat as a prairie 
in Idaho, dark soil and spuds
My faithful dog refused to follow 
preferred to hang arou...

The stranger of the night

...I always wonder, when a car drives past,
Where they are going, how long the journey will last.
Or who they are, the life they have had,
What memories they’ve had, both happy and sad.

I walk the...

the taste of forever

...The taste of forever

Wild oats and thistles covered the track
stinging my legs for punishments
for since forgotten
The misty Dale that makes war look
like a romantic adventure 
that separated...

Echoes Of A Shady Past Part Two

...n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement....

The Country Road

...I took a walk along the old country road looking desperately for a story that is not yet told, I search in the bushes and the trees but there was nothing waiting for thee.

The morning with its bri...

a tree in love

...A tree in love

By the old road, before it meets a widened way
 in a nearby stands two trees close together
 we can see they are related 
yes, mother and daughter
The mother, although taller, l...

Velvet Glove Compartment

...Age defiant was this spruce and spirited citizen slinking blithely past the burgundy red doors of her enigmatic country dwelling.
As her olive skin neatly curved fingers 
slid over an intermittentl...

GOING

...
          GOING

            Going
            market.
                          Market
                         crowded.
                                            Crowded
                ...

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