The dream forwards.We’re weeks from grand baby to be,plums barely clinging to the branch. The ocean, a little further thanthe next door rooster, breaks on the beachanticipating our family strolls. God has no grandchildren.The one
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Thicker Than Skin
His Blood’s thicker than water that much we already knew. His Blood’s thicker than Pepsi I tell you that’s Good News for the generation. His Blood’s thicker than cowboy coffee boiling under the stars, thicker
Read moreProdigal Pop
A curtain of birds slights the silver bay light. June vines vault the hedge with berry blossoms and thorns. Our son’s offered work, and my coffee’s warm as the sun. I’ll seek counsel to deal
Read moreHis Face in the Vase
The final splay of our tulip is a table top Ferris wheel purple petals wide as a lion’s mane. Flowering jumble in a water jar, the bulb bring life and the stem snipped for the
Read moreChoir Practice
His constant constellation Is home to the Worthy Star Watching over the lonely. The night, silent again Throbs in stellar concert. Midnight, clear. Shepherds await the returning angels, Tell us where and when To stand.
Read morePew Cue
All too quiet hymn,front row child squeals, “Mama.”Reminds us, of All.
Read moreThe Invisible Inks
The write feather in the wind twirls on the head of a pin. The forest sees through us, branch light as owls, dark as a horse. Takes a big foot to mark the way we
Read moreTweet Street
It is the other in your brother that makes the ‘hood interesting. Spices from the window, music in the air, all the names of God in dialects. What the missing fathers miss we are to
Read moreCliff Hanger
A mountainside pond reflects the stars a world above the crashing surf. A bird’s eye view spans the distance. The nest, a found home in the wind. The song of the fox, the howl of
Read moreWhere I’m From – Family Heritage
Most writers and lovers of poetry are familiar with George Ella Lyons poem Where I’m From. In a series of short simple phrases she captures her heritage and stirs vivid pictures of her youth. We’re all from
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