A precious metal that being gold but give no thought to eating it! Of prescient note the color of fall when some night switches thrown our world of green changes clothes to slip in glowing gold Soybean fields their fruits all hidden shout out the harvest coming "Gold is hidden here, beneath our golden [...]
Had God a favorite some would say it's surely the color gray! Because there is so much of it! Say Seattle folks who number days until the sun breaks through Oregon amens numbs along waiting for a 'sunbreak'. Prairie folks are rich in gray as winter grinds along heavy clouds frown upon us sometimes [...]
Some are wont to say petroleum is true black gold Indeed we use it greatly making a thousand things It pushes our cars and trucks millions or billions of miles carrying us near and far to places we want to go But... (a magnificent word, eh wot?) But I'm thinking of another black gold that's [...]
The maps are things of color sometimes a bit too much! This morning greens and yellows swath the screen across the state heralding rain aplenty again The picture from my window bears great resemblance too The rich black fields in contrast to the richest green of grass Thank goodness the purple leaf plum shade [...]
There is an army all volunteer where each soldier carries a sword Time passing by each soldier faces a challenge takes a turn front and center They turn and face the troops and without speaking say "If you are with me, take one step forward." The brothers and sisters do.... They fall on their [...]
Various maestros take us moving across the earth in sounds Copeland out west, perhaps, Tchaikovsky in Russian war Operas in Italy and more Somehow the prairie gets captured in words, Sandburg and Frost and folks of their ilk Just now I invite you to journey across the seasons, the sounds of the prairie, my [...]
Sing, violin, oh sing! On and on and on through thescenes of places moving Running down a mountain a stream races so fast a beautiful young maiden, barefoot, feet pattering a message Stop! Breathe deeply. The mood is serenity soothing the soul deeply warm tears flow feelings pour with them blessing the spirit so finely [...]
A photo is a 'stop' in life, that is always moving For those I know and know quite well the photo also shows our limits Skilled photographers expand the shot bringing in more than usual but still, are so limited because life is writ so large So we have good things bad things and [...]
Will we remember the world at war Army's marching aiming, shooting shells exploding cities smashed families dreams as well What we won can be measured Freedom, from tyranny cruel insanity a madman was in charge madmen came to help him evil was set free people died in ovens in concentration camps Jewish men in [...]
It begins in earlier generations who till the soil, plant the crops, and tend Each part becomes a symphony maybe it's in our genes? First came the hunters and then, giant step for mankind, farmers the world would never be the same food, sustenance, year round A thousand generations later a few feed themselves and, [...]