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Come sit a spell We’ll light it up See wryly spirts appear Roast some dogs Maby some mellows There’s magic in the sphere And here they...

WHEREVERCANIGO? Where ever can I go Where no one would ever me know There is no place to hide Except inside tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate...

*Shirley’s Last Quilt It’s our routines that get us thru life The batter is barren without a routine. Without habit there is chaos...

My Grandmother ‘Mammah’ made these “Little Dutch Girl” appliqué dish cloths out of cotton flower sacks many many moons ago. My mom handed...

Your future is bright Follow your star You’ll be alright You are blessed       with a caring kindness           And vibrant personality Your skills and positive attitude Will carry you far Trust your instincts And remember Grandma clapped her hands on Sunday morning . . . For all yall’!! tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer 2023 Author’s Note: Notice the sudden shift down in cadence at the end and the star illusion accompanying photo of unknown hero’s😉 Thank You for the best

*painting compliments of the the Art Institute in Chicago If you are there on the trail Fork it Most poets have written about it Frost,...

The Grieving Tree Along the BlueRidge Parkway Grieve if you must      you must! A lost or a loss to be Any loss GRIEVE! It’s human nature Necessary to healing It’s not weakness it’s Strength Let loose, don’t wait Don’t hold it in - Grieve. If given the chance Grieve early Grieve before necessity I cry now to make      later grief easier Don’t disturb one’s grieving Grieving alone in solitude In the quiet is necessary No comfort necessary Give your friend space to Grieve. Let

*Caption: pure joy The banjo comes alive Under the master’s pick and strum Plunk a little Plink a little Plickidy plunkidy Slip and slide...

There is the right way And the wrong way Anyway The highway Or the One Way Chose wisely tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer *Photo by Jay Secretarski Author’s Note: Driving cross country. In the middle of the night no traffick, at an aboadon intersection not a car or truck in sight. I downshifted my rig rumbling to a stop. It happened. Just a glance to my left. And there it was that cross all lit up forge hot. The sign said ‘One Way.’ Something paused me. A wash came over m

*Carpetbagger on the Move” self portrait by Lawrence Robert Pierson Floersh High upon Appalachian hill Socked a ways away back in Of off...

It’s toxic What? Everything Up here in Helena City Rains came Winds came More rain More wind A hurricane So far inland Helena Took...

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*photo from Visitors Center at the Carl Sandburg Estate in Flat Rock , North Carolina I’m looking for resolution To the mystery of reality Does it reside outside or inside of me Which one is real?o The starkness of it all Scares my inner soul And it hides from what might otherwise answer what calls me to interact with but sketches of great ones Who themselves venture not far from the truth In search of me And I’m begging you Begging you Decide Which one is real? Reality True

Photo by RalstonFoxSmith Studios I am the living River Twist and flowing Oft from sources unknown I was here when you were born, River’s...

Out my hospital window The sky entertains me Every changing Flowing floating endless by Forging forward Urging myself to mend and repair...

I’m aware Of some thing Some body Some one Watching me In sleep And the Spirit Moves me To rise And share For there’s not a moment To...

*photo by Erin Secretarski Studios The dog waits and waits With concerned worry Watching at the window For its master to come back home...

Come sit a spell We’ll light it up See wryly spirits appear Roast some dogs Maby Mellows There’s magic in the sphere For when we come...

Self portrait, The Thinker Be me not bronze But sometimes I hear me think Usually in the quiet When all is settled down Thoughts well up Loud Distinct And I sit back and listen to me think. tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer 2023

self sketch by Veich VanDanikien Where does fear reside Inside or outside Decide Then conquer fear tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer...