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*photo by Lauren Tenbrunsel (and Nana is not naughty at all!)) Are we naughty? What is naughty anyway Why not be nice You naughty naughty...

©️ A single Leaf falls To its destiny As seasons change And life goes on tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer 2023 Author’s Note: One leaf suspended. Highlighted. Frozen in photo along destiny’s pathway. Yet? Afterwards indistinguishable in the leaf pile on the ground. We are but the leaf, suspended briefly, having lived, having fulfilled our destiny, drifting one final time, falling, blending into the pile of humanity before us and after. Life is precious. Life is beautiful.

*downtown Marshall was the French Broad DEDICATED TO THOSE WHO HELPED AND PRAYERS FOR RECOVERY What impressed me personally during this...

Out my window I awake to nature’s beauty and … Entertainment A swirl of leafy pathways And Autumn nymphs Beckon me And am instantly...

Start with first verse Then it was the black Raven of Death Come to steal poor Poe away Downwards spiraling In a jumble of life events...

*photo by abby ruppert Last night in the twilight of sleep I closed my eyes And ZIP, My mind unloaded a barrage Of facts, writings,...

There are memories Fleeting That are just Beyond my reach tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer Arthor’s Note: A little history in the...

Sow cotton Grow cotton Pick cotton S’no mo cotton Repeat tom tenbrunsel Your Cotten Picking Laureate Author’s Note: Burrrrr! Yep picking...

Pink sky Tonight’s Delight Belies The devastation That lies Beneath Pink sky Tonight Tonight! tom tenbrunsel Carl Sandburg Writer 2023...

Sometimes poison comes in colorful bottles with a pretty design some bombs are hidden in plain site a flower patch with a hidden landmine...

A solitary chair Sits and waits For sits and waits Author’s Note: How many times have I sat and waited in that shaded Adirondack? Yet...

Congratulations and Best Wishes to Nick and Blakeley on occasion of your wedding 9/29/2024 New Beginnings Paths crossed Chance?...

*clock a gift from ET from the Black Forest on her trip around the world Write it down - NOW! Right away Lest the poem Fly away Locked in...

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*painting by Daniel Flynn, artist/philosopher I dreamed I was in a darkened library Selecting books off shelves for my research In total...

A lovely statue sits In cold cast bronze Lonely Thinking Of what? tom tenbrunsel Poet Laureate of Photo/Poetry Mountain Haiku

*photo by Fox What? What’s next tom tenbrunsel A Carl Sandburg Writer “A Couplet doth a poem make” tt

*Chinese painting on silk paper by twt Frozen in time and space Crystal clear reenactments Often more real than real What is reality And...

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

photo by Abby Ruppert I think and do and cherish I believe and anticipate But the greatest of these Is Love Author’s Note: The three...