Poems

The brisk, morning air has a fresh, pleasing smell; A scent of despair is etched deep in my cell. Crimson leaves on the hill are so lovely to see; The warden sees nothing; he won’t hear my plea. I love…

Some varmint had stolenMy blue-speckled pupI’ll hunt till I find himI’ll never give up  Put an ad in the paperAnd called the policeI said if I find himThis stealing will cease  ‘Now it wasn’t longTill I tracked down the skunkI…

The ad in the paper It sure caught my eyeA big Brindle Plott  If you try him, you’ll buy  He’ll tree lots of squirrelsHe’ll sing a fine tuneHe’ll even bay hogsBut he really likes coons  When he locks on a…

I met a man the other day, who seemed so down on life  that I enquired, “Why are you sad?” He said, “I’ve lost my wife.”  “For 60 years we had so much, we cherished every day, but now she’s…

I was sad and lonely, so depressed; when will I get some peace and rest? God must have heard my cry for help fore on the ground where I had knelt, a card I thankfully had seen was written John…

Quiet is a place in time I yearn to dwell and feel sublime A time to contemplate my peace; a time to let my worries cease I dim the lights, turn off the phone; this time’s for God and me…