HARDWOOD

Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Lenore Kabish Jones

There’s something heartwarming

     Peacefully secure

Bout having plenty of cured

Neatly stacked wood,

     A Rick, a Chord or two

Ready or just pretty

Too warm you twice

Perhaps thrice

As you rack and stack

The flue

tom tenbrunsel

Carl Sandburg Writer 2023

Author’s Note:

Stack neat a chord

4x8x4+2

On the sunny side

No need to cover

Let sun/weather

Dry cure it for you

Take pride in your tree gift

keep the stack squared away

Neatly stacked and true

Evenly

Don’t let your neighbor

Think you’re sloppy, slovenly or rude

Take pride in knowing how to display

Carefor the gift the tree gave to you

Uncle Lenny’s Axe Folly

I recall quite vividly when we were putting up firewood for winter to cook and warm us We’re out in the woods selectively selecting trees

To block, chop

gathering loading wood

Uncle Lenny was a chopping full axe swings with that old worn out axe of his

Suddenly yells out the dreaded call,” AIRBORNE!!! AIRBORNE AXE!!!

We all scattered hoping

Praying it landed free

Not in me

The axe head had slipped off the axe handle full swing

Flew up some 20 feet, thank God it hit no one  Landed, sunk straight-in the ground at Johnny’s feet !

Just another day of chopping

Loading the old farm truck spring deep

Toting it home

stacking it neatly in a rick and chord heap

tom tenbrunsel

Poet Laureate of Chord

speaking of stacking, how many people can you get into a Honda? Answer: 12. Proof? The apostles were in one Accord.