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POETRY I love poetry. It has coxed me far-reaching. Sharing secret wisdoms and warm feelings I never knew Just how Till now. POEM WORDS...

*photo courtesy of National Park Service I walked a bit of the Trail of Tears I can’t for on moment Imagine the hardship, the fears I...

CS Lewis, “The pain then is part of the happiness now,” from “Shadowlands.” Grief is the most personal of the emotions. That is to say,...

You enjoyed my shade You enjoyed my wood You enjoyed my tall stout beauty Look out o’er yon horizon Now ’tis I that'ums at risk You’ve...

*photo 2024 by Matt Mead Aye! I remember the sloop Jenny/Ann The best of the fleet on the deep lake, The Ojibwe called Michigami. When...

A book about this guy lives alone on a back woods off the grid mountain in Appalachia. He is a writer in his retirement at his desk by...

“The Crucifixion” Leather-craft  art by Tom Tenbrunsel and Jim Williams My lifelong friend and compatriot Passed away Just yesterday We...

A coal miner’s soul plunges down Deep dark into blackness His heart and life remain up top. With coal dusted lungs He surfaces again To...

Most couples, when they argue, are arguing about completely different issues, not on the same topic together. They are like ships passing...

*Wikipedia public domain photo In the strive for independence One can loose all else instead Does it take a village No It takes...

Says... “Hi” Talk to me. Laugh with me love with me live with me come do with me Touch me hold me hug me make love to me Smile with me...

Out of nowhere Out on the street Flash! Bam! Boom! Our druggie neighbor Dancing Nude Don’t be such a stuck up prude! It’s just Dubbie our...

I take this opportunity Wishes sent your way To wish you and yours Merry Christmas, Happy New Year every day May your thoughts and dreams...

…And low on Christmas Eve, late, the star of Bethlehem appeared above them and guided them to "a Babe in swaddling clothes on hay- why...

“So, Mary, what say we call him Emmanuel?” They also considered: 🎶Wonderful, 🎶Counselor, 🎶Almighty God, 🎶the Everlasting Father,...

A great Christmas Gift available on Amazon in full HD color paperback or Ebook for you last minute late shoppers. Ashes to Appalachia is...

Oh Christmas Tree! Oh Christmas Tree? What toys and joys you hide, Discovered. Old Christmas Tree, An old man’s memory; Oh, Christmas...

*our humble Christmas memory tree And suddenly a tree appeared Out of nowhere, As if it had been there all along, Or perhaps in a box....

*photo by twt of the atrium at Biltmore Love Sonnet #02012023 My love for you is like the sun so bright, That fills my heart with warmth...

This comes as a wish at Christmas Of happiness and glee, To say “I’ll be home for Christmas To decorate the tree.” So I take this...