Thanksgiving Places Poems

“And I remember Muscatine -still more pleasantly  - for its summer sunset. I have never seen any on either side of the ocean that...

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“When thoughts cease to flow ~                   ...

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I  cannot recall my very first place 
as a baby I did not know my home; 
a new baby's room dressed with pretty lace...

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Have you ever lived in a tall building? Dawn strikes suddenly and irradiates these glass-walled, high-rise rooms. Lisa showed me how quickly the thick windows...

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There is a place harbored solely by my heart.
It is peaceful, unhurried, free of every fear.
'Tis magnitudes more when you are near.

There is a calmness...

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Beneath the city the river fishing is good.

I roam with tackle and pole below those wiggling tapeworms
Wound around the cement underbelly of bridges
Devouring the guts...

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After Glow

The pumpkin pie is steaming in the oven, 
just exactly right for the evening dessert. 
A sweet remembrance of all things...
that have happened since...

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Blueberries rushing down five at a time
			from loaded branches tom-tom the bottom
			of a coffee can until growing numbers
			mute the beat. Super pickers fill
			two cans an...

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Ethereal gold lined clouds of a new morn'
Wind swept solitude breathes holy
Trees heavy with luminescent diamonds
The rain refreshes anew with glorious expectation 
I feel the...

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They called me white cheese,
I was there,
to put a flower in my hair.
No experience can compare,
for five long years.
      ...

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The wild turkeys disappeared
just before Thanksgiving.
But the flickers are back. I haven’t seen 
the phoebe since last summer.
The nesting hawk is gone.

Searching through the cupboard
for...

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I thank you Lord for life,



 health,and strength.



I pray for the haters,



Who think they have me bent.



I love you Lord with all of my,

Heart, my...

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The end of May is coming . . .
  When  the nation celebrates Memorial Day.
  Schools and offices are closed . ....

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hundreds of my pictures on his wall
take the dog for a walk
change my clothes
flashin my eyes as i come back out

the last child that lived...

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A big hurray for the Yankees
for their stunning victory,
and a parade of confetti
to celebrate their twenty-seventh win
in the World Series on 
November sixth in New...

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