John and Sue are friends of ours from our square dance lessons,
That we danced with for ten years at the square dancing sessions.
They were in our Mickey Mouse Gang that became good friends,
This poem examines some of our fun times we had in the end. Continue reading
Fish Pond Garden
This story poem is about a fish pond project that failed to perform,
And a daughter with a new idea for a project the pond to re-form.
A fish pond garden was the idea to be pursued this time around
As a birthday gift for my wife Pam and with joy she did abound. Continue reading
This is a few short verses about some friends of mine in school,
Most of us thought that we were kind of hep and super cool.
But there were those kids that thought their stuff just didn’t stink,
That thought the rest of us were just nerds not fit for their blink.
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(The pictures for this Blog came from my 1961 Phillips High School Yearbook) Continue reading
Buffalo Cardinal
Sometimes the Lord works his great miracles in mysterious ways.
It’s the tiny small little things that with us often will always stay.
This short poem describes some events that recently occurred,
That may have been worth much more than these few words. Continue reading
When a good story gets told, it changes just a little each telling,
Eventually, it is no longer recognizable and much less compelling.
This poem demonstrates how a good story can be lost forever.
By just changing a couple of word prefixes mixing them together. Continue reading
Then And Now
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For purposes of this poem, “Now” is 2015 and “Then” is 1955.
The changes that occurred during 60 of the years I’ve been alive
Are so great that it is so very hard for anyone to really believe,
The wonders that our technology have been able to achieve. Continue reading
When we went home for to holidays with our families in Fritch.
My Dad always wanted to play Bridge after the Turkey dish,
He always wanted to be my partner because we thought the same,
This poem investigates why we nearly always won the game. Continue reading
I had a long dream about the possibly of being a green tree.
But after I lived my life from the trees perspective a while you see,
The poem describes why I just decided to continue to be me,
Rather that living the life as a growing thinking green tree entity
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The Spring of the year awakens something in me,
Making me want to get to the great outdoors to see.
The wonders God has created to give is much joy,
So here’s a rerun that something made me deploy.
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The world has so much great beauty for us all to enjoy.
Mother Nature has all kind of her wonders she can deploy.
We just have to seek them out on this our own home ground.
This poem describes a few of the wonders that I have found. Continue reading
I have been thinking about the things I loved to do as a boy when I was 7 to 10 years old and have been comparing those things with some of the things my grandchildren love to do best and I find there’s really not to much difference even though technology has improved tremendously since I was a boy. Here is what I came up with. Continue reading