Tom

“So, Mary, what say we call him Emmanuel?” They also considered: 🎶Wonderful, 🎶Counselor, 🎶Almighty God, 🎶the Everlasting Father, 🎶the Prince of Peace🎶 They settled on Jesus🙏🏻 and that worked out just fine “… and there a babe in swaddling clothes on hay - Why does this story never wear out?” Carl Sandburg on the proof of God. tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Poet 2023

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

. . . . “And there a babe in swaddling clothes on hay, Why does this story never wear out?” To my family far and nigh For reasons I can’t...

The transition from now to memories is a nostalgic chasm into which my heart sinks; emptiness and loss haunt me but my soul emerges happy...

What lies before us In the pursuit of Truth and Wisdom tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Author’s Note: How many different ways can...

I dreamed a dream came true I dreamed that I met you Like a glove we fit together We, me and You tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer

*photo by Kerri Puzzle me. I love the wooden ones . . . especially. Deep Breathing, Relaxation in my PJ’s Puppy near by, sigh! Pine...

“A quilt for the retiring colonel from mom” Quilts so lovingly stitched at the quilter’s hand Bear stored up curative Medicinality That...

BREAKING NEWS: Jay Secretarski signed today with UPENN to start at Short Stop with a slot in the Wharton School of Business....

Gaithers gather Gaithers garner Two or more In His honor tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Author’s Note: Photo of Our Lady of the...

Ten turkey chicks Out for a stroll Count them One two three four Five six Two momma hens How proud ((and cautious)) they are Seven eight...

As the pie-clock Strikes 10:21 Thanksgiving leftovers Almost done Now we turn our attention December one To Christmas fun And the new New...

*rendition of the Louve by tom tenbrunsel Bringing shape to time, reason cannot always rhyme in perfect meter. Lincoln had four score,...

*corn pone skillet for sale at Poshmart.com Ate eight ‘O granny’s corn pone afore she ran me out. “Dems set aside for supper, boy. Don’t...

A full spread on the dinning room table, Extended out to twelve, With Mom in apron, my sister Ann, Aunts and uncles, and Uncle...

I write And another reality opens I step on, thru/into it To complete it I become it I am it It is I I am no longer My me You see tom...

Wandering Wondering Lost? I gather and stack logs closely A bird’s nest of crushed grass and leaves and dry stuff Beneath A Ferrocene...

🎶Get down papa! Dig the sound Papa Stick around town Plenty time left To wear the crown Heaven bound Wear the Crown Heaven bound Du ta...

Why, what’s in a question What is the secret to life Why do crows murder Why does the white dove sail Why does the tree bend and not...

If by chance You come upon a fork in the road Already taken Can you re-take it? Or is it lost forever? Because you took the other? tom...