Back Porch Swing Just outside the sliding door In just three steps or maybe four You’ll find our peaceful place to be A rustic swing is there you see There we sit side by side Or all alone we do abide We watch the squirrels run and play And set aside our cares away Our […]
Regular Customer I like it when they know my name And I can likewise do the same I like it when they know my seat And Have my coffee what a treat For service I will tip them well And listen to them as they tell About their lives and family And they will
The wonder of writing I’m working on my first novel The process is a great marvel Where indeed do stories live Before the muses chooses to give They seem to drop out of the air First nothing then maybe a pair Appear before my inward eye And voices speak aloud or sigh And I
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The Bookstore These days it’s E-books that I read And yet the bookstore I do need To browse the shelves and marvel still At all the isles and how they fill With covers colorful and bright To make a wondrous tempting sight That says “read me oh read me please!” Or lures me in to
The Upside Down 10 The world has turned upside down It’s inside out and turned around The gaslight shaft is always found Boys and men can now be girls Wearing makeup growing curls Steal their trophies wear their clothes Millions cross the border free Gangs are daylight robbing sprees Crooks released no bail decree Inflation
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Starting Over What will I say when our world falls apart Let me go back to the place where I start Let me go back and try it again Maybe I’ll land somewhere else in the end Returning is not a choice we can make Those times and places are not ours to take Instead
http://Talking past each other Talking past each other It seems our minds have all been set So talking past is what we get Each hears with filters firmly placed To see the wrong in others face The good for one seems not at all While others positively stall Upon a turn of phrase that
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Are You Ready? The news reports a solar flare Occurred while we were unaware So big that if it hit us square All high tech gear beyond repair This time it missed us by a hai But be ye warned, take time, prepare For next time bulls eye solar flare And this is only one
The Hubris of Car Names The people who decide the names Of cars and trucks must have a game To test our knowledge and our wit With placards to impress a bit Some carry names of cities fair The Tucson, Sante Fe a pair Some others boast of their great size Sequoia and Armada
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Doing the dishes is a chore Whenever done seems there’s more Empty the sink and think it’s done Turn around you’ve just begun Hard enough for just us two What’s a large household ever do Don”t mean to complain. It does no good At least we have food and so we should Happy to be