That Bright Spot

A room of windows

western tending in a

northern facing house

To a small boy,

Huge.

Old Trees

Old trees know

Indian summer is

too soon to put on

the color of new leaves

Flower of beauty

He gave you

the flower of beauty

and a hard life

Blossom Fall

A moment

in spring

before blossom fall.

Wildflower garden

Wildflower garden

you grow with abandon

I see flowering yellow

above blanket green

Traces of Jehovah

The waves here

beside this

man-made lake

seem the same

as beside the sea

Patterson Gap Poetry

I was archiving my poems on my other website PattersonGapPoetry which I have now discontinued. Instead, I will be adding them here in some way. I've started with a new tab and one of my earliest poems, "Southern Smile".

Pieces

(For Robert)

Pieces we bring

into this life

and pieces

we leave

Among the pebbles

Among the pebbles

a flower grew

only to perish

in the night

Lasting love, lasting

Out of the

patterned heart

do just so

Grounded

Take your feet

from your shoes,

remove socks

if any.