(2008)
She asked me, “Poppa, What is love?” And I thought and then said “Love is what you need and want it… She thought some and said,
Change is a-coming, And it’s a-stayin’ Change is a-coming, Goodbye.
From the sky They come– The geese fall to open-armed earth.
to be remembered by someone younge… people to be respected for who the… what they have. spring to last a few weeks longer. to always be thankful.
Walking alone on streets I was fa… felt that I was lost. If it weren… A-spin, I looked for my map And saw that I was lost.
He has tiny fingers, tiny toes, tiny ears, and a tiny nose.
Winds swirl around me In their familiar way, A touch here, another there, They move me along. I’m like a leaf:
Dirty hands clasped in prayer, Dusty fingers raised to the sky, Pleading for the same blessing. It had been weeks since the last r… leaves folded upright keeping thei…
Listen when the butterfly Settles onto your hand, Feel the footsteps. Marvel in the paper-thin Jewel that has flown to you.
It snowed again today, That may be insignificant In a place already white. It was quiet again today, That is never insignificant
Icy needles Stabbing at the skin, Razor winds Cutting through Layer upon layer,
Thirty miles to the west, sleet an… thirty sleeps the bay, temperer of… While snow and ice chill the west,… up to our chins. Here by the ocean… Instead of the sound of waves grow…
I’ve seen this pattern before, I… the story might end differently, b… The smell of burning leaves is in… fragrance that rivals the finest r… damp-leaf perfume cleanses the min…
Rain has been falling for two days now, The dry soil finally quenched after the long, hot dry. Ditches, ponds and guts
I wish I had the words to describ… the quiet of a sunrise, the softness of rain on my arms, the fascination of a child with he… the liquid silver of morning dew o…