“My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to...

Surely this crimson sky tells a story; Undersides of clouds radiant; blood-like. New day dawns with God’s brush painting. Red sky in the...

THE PROTECTIVE POWER OF WISDOM “The ‘alphabetic’ poem is a single sentence consisting of 22 verses, matching the number of letters in the...

Maple Raisin Bran Muffins INGREDIENTS: 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 2...

WHITE BIRCHES Wavy outline of a tree. Hazy evening light; I see sentinels stroll. Tall and clad in white; Ermine cloaked bole. Birches...

Doubtlessly, it is a good trail to be on as I walk, smiling past the green-lawned perfection of a cemetery, laid out like God's golf...

In The Still Of The Morning In the still of the morning, In my empty room, Last word echoes And things unsaid Swirl around my feet Like a...

Good morning Saturday! I thought I would pound out a few words before I have to get ready for work. I shall not ask for a ride up the...

On Mount Zircon On a ledge way up on the side of Mt. Zircon, Near the old spring of water, deep and pure, My daddy and I searched for the...

"Where that blue trailer is used to be a flowered hill. Dad found some Abanaki arrowheads over there, sharp still. Over on this side were...

With humble apologies to Benny Grunch and the Bunch, and all of the people from the city of New Orleans who have suffered their own...

Under The Rug The wind howled, fresh off Pleasant Bay, in the late evening's gloom. I ducked into our family home, after a long day spent...

While I am trying to decide the direction of this blog, I will throw a few old poems in today. Memorial Day Memory; 1983 There’s a...

I miss her it's true. Miss her, I really do. I got the rhyme down. In tears I could drown. It wasn't supposed to be a sad country song....

1 Kings 2:10-12: King David's Death “So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David. And the days that David...

1 Kings 2:5-9: Advice On Dealing With Friends And Enemies “Moreover thou knowest also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he...

1 Kings 1:41-49: Adonijah Hears Solomon Is Made King “And Adonijah and all the guests that were with him heard it as they had made an end...