Bermudiana
...Bermudiana
In spring, I would romp about untethered
Across the expanse, knee-deep in blue-eyed grass
Like a filly in the field with spirit
Among the purple Bermudiana.
Longtails and c...
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Categories:
palmettos, environment, flower, nature, spring,
Form: Verse
Impressions On a Central Florida Farm
...Tall oak trees with shawls of Spanish moss
Tower over palmettos scorched and brown,
The rain drenches quickly from clouds
Heavy to pass on through the rising mists,
As the rude chimes sound mecha...
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Categories:
palmettos, farm, peace, places, solitude,
Form: Pastoral
A Day In the Hammocks
...Here is a time of anticipation,
hammocks poised for the days afternoon rain.
Glaring diamond sun, horizon ink black,
breezes stir hot thick air, thunder clouds call.
Sandhill Cranes graze in a ...
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Categories:
palmettos, nature, poetry,
Form: Verse
How the Wood Storks Broke My Heart
...Afternoon, late March, delivering promise
of downtime from errands, long lines at the post,
queues of cars at stoplights, what, if anything, is in
the pantry for supper. A glass of wine is nice, wil...
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Categories:
palmettos, easter, bird, bird,
Form: Free verse
A Bugle Call : 1-01-11
...A slight mist of fog is caught in the act of being by the light of the early morning
sun. Sometime during the dark of night it crept along from whence it came to the base of
the hundreds of cabbage...
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Categories:
palmettos, familygod, family, light, family,
Form: Free verse
How the Wood Storks Broke My Heart
...Afternoon, late March, delivering promise
of respite from errands, long lines at the post office,
queues of cars at red lights, what, if anything, is in
the offing for supper. A glass of wine is n...
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Categories:
palmettos, natureeaster, bird, bird,
Form: Lyric