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MY HEART Be, my Heart, be naughty If naughty Thy must be; But go and see the Lady That makes my heart run free; And, when you see the...

We come in peace, With a heavy sword, We speak the truth, With every word. We seek not revenge, But give no quarter, For God shown the...

*photo by Erin Two Gentlemen, Met on Max Patch, Just a tad, Below the sky. Two Gentlemen met On Max Patch Hav’n Traveled far and nei. One...

We were put here on this earth, When, where and how? In ways inexplicable we, We have shared creation’s vow. Through the Word which in...

In the waiting room, I spied a neat picture on the wall. Looking closer and closer, I suddenly found myself in it, inside, inside the...

I read it and reread it, read it again, read it and re-reread it, and every, every time, every time I read it, tears of joy and love of...

I do not always do this, but for my frequent favorite viewers, I have included the scheduled list of upcoming poems that I have written....

While I really don't have a formalized Bucket List, I had always dreamed of singing at my daughter’s wedding! No I don’t sing...

*photo by Troy Carr It was the end of the trail for me. I mean, I had been riding for miles, days, weeks, months, years. Oh hell, I have...

🎶tune of “The Gambler” with apologies to Kenny Rogers🎶 On a hot summer’s morning, on a road bound for nowhere, I met up with a...

*photo by Abby Ruppert A lone ball awaits patiently, Cheerfully lonely, Basking bobbing about, Suspended? In sunbaked pool, For, its...

*photo my well worn Stones shirt You see I very often go back later, awhile after you’ve read my poem, and change it or add words,...

One cannot mask the soul of man nor can you kill it! Soon the mask will be lifted and we shall be delivered from insanity. God will...

My Love was only one month old, My Love was scarcely two. My Love is not yet three months old, My Love I find is new. But be My Love but...

I Had a dream that I woke up one morning and there were no more taxes and no more debt, the gold standard was back, Fort Knox replenished...

All is silent on my hill. I can’t see the house beside me, Nor the tree before me. The fog has moved into my mountains. Shrouded, I can’t...

The “two second” rule: Stay 2 seconds behind the vehicle in front of you. Don’t tailgate. I allow three. Expect people to cut in front...

A boat creaks and lurches, Boards moan and bitch, ‘ginst the mighty sea, It is the lurch and creaking that saves her. It is a well built...

“I am smiling!” Message from the Tree: Without carbon I die. Without me, you die. You do the math. The heart leaps when we add; the soul morns subtraction. God gave us creativity so we could give it right back to Him. “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot!” “There is no excuse.” “The danger is in the doing!” “Some things are self evident others become true in time.” “Things are not what they seem.” “STOP IT!” We are not living longer, babies are being aborted. Do the

As sure as Frost upon the virus lay, The Tree will stand supreme again one day; Though time may toll beyond our mortal means, The...