Poem - There are Dreams, Sometimes ...
posted about 1 year ago by PoorOldRick and has 0 comments
There are dreams sometimes that startle us awake
And, dear child, this morning, I
Dreamt your face
When you were young and
So miraculously my daughter
And, lying there, I thought of fathers
Long ago
With parted daughters they'd let go
...
And, dear child, this morning, I
Dreamt your face
When you were young and
So miraculously my daughter
And, lying there, I thought of fathers
Long ago
With parted daughters they'd let go
...
Poem - All is Quietly Moving
posted about 1 year ago, updated 13 minutes later by PoorOldRick and has 0 comments
All is quietly moving - seemingly still.
Then Nature!
In a flurry!!
All a Scurry!!
Up the Hill!!!
Then Nature!
In a flurry!!
All a Scurry!!
Up the Hill!!!
My Backyard
posted about 1 year ago, updated about 2 hours later by cllecr and has 0 comments
Our house is too big these days. We have taken over the rooms that my children once claimed, still storing remnants of their childhood. But I won't leave just to downsize. Our comfort and pleasure lie here- in the space, the distance to neighbors,...
Strange Liberators
I broke with personal tradition this year. Life’s difficulties distracted me from taking moments to reflect and honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on last Monday. It is a forgivable sin for me but I wonder how long Dr. King’s holiday will be in pla...
Best Years
posted about 1 year ago by unionjack and has 0 comments
I really think been born in the 50's was the best the war in europe was over the world was getting back to normal. then came the crazy 60's and 70's long hair all the rock bands life was good I guess I was lucky as I grew up in England so I did no...
The Earth is Boiling at Its Core
posted about 1 year ago by PoorOldRick and has 0 comments
The Earth is boiling at its core
And has hard and hurtful surfaces.
Careening through the Universe,
You'd think it's meant to scare us!
copyright by PoorOldRick
And has hard and hurtful surfaces.
Careening through the Universe,
You'd think it's meant to scare us!
copyright by PoorOldRick
My baby boy is no baby anymore
I ask God to take away my habit,
God said, no,
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
God said, no,
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.
I asked God to grant me pati...
God said, no,
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
God said, no,
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.
I asked God to grant me pati...
My baby boy is no baby anymore
I ask God to take away my habit,
God said, no,
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
God said, no,
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.
I asked God to grant me pati...
God said, no,
It is not for me to take away,
but for you to give it up.
I asked God to make my handicapped child whole,
God said, no,
His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary.
I asked God to grant me pati...
Elimination of the income tax
posted about 1 year ago, updated 2 minutes later by vamunchkin and has 3 comments
I want to join the ranks of the unemployed. As another tax season is upon us, it's time we got serious about the only fair and equitable method of taxation...a national sales tax. I see the farm laborers working in this country and paying no taxes...