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Generations of my forebears worked these grain fields, engineered steam trains on the Great Northern rails, taught children in a Dakota one-room schoolhouse,  brought me up in a thriving Midwest city.  I am firmly an American.  I own my own house in a senior community, am financially secure with som...

This could be the catechism of a modern church or the words to a Wesley hymn. The cadence lends the solemnity of a Gregorian chant. In other words the write is relevantto our time and timeless.  

Thank you both, Greg and Dave. Little did I know when I wrote this there would be a woman running for president. The night Obama was declared the winner in 2008, my partner, who is black, asked if I thought there'd be a backlash. It was a rhetorical question--he knew only too well. But who knew it w...

Hello from California. Closest thing to thunder here is at the beach. We're driving back to my home state of Minnesota on a month-long trip where they know how to do a thunderbanger up right with torrents of rain---or so I remember. You've captured those not-so-dry dry spell well.

Dinner Bixby Bridge unfurls. Beneath, land gives way to inlet sea. The trail rolls on, hills unfold. The clouds ahead do not change. Two brothers share color crayons in the dining car. The waiter inquires if we have further needs. https://poetrycircle.com/forum/attachments/1716484859433-jpg.41935/

Congratulations Jackie! My great-granddaughter's birthday is in Sept. and I will order it for her. She will be 9 but she is very advanced for her age :D . I am always proud to be able to claim some connection to the talented people on this forum. I would love to get a signed copy but failing that an...

This is a poem that I will include in one of my promised updates to the family folio of poems and illustrations. There's a lot to be done on it. I agree with your suggestions so much so that I will print them out before I tackle the edit. Thank you Tracy, my mentor.

I want to say this straightforwardly, in plain words, not an easy task when the subject is abstract. I strung pink lights between my palm trees, solar powered, and made a sign that leans against the center tree that says: keep the lovelight burning, decorations for Valentine's Day. My way of demonst...

Okay so things might not have started out so well as of our western New Year but maybe today is a second chance. Celebrate for 2 whole weeks with this one and celebrate like you mean it! It’s the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese zodiac − associated with good fortune, wisdom and success (theconversa...

I just caught sight of Tracy Mitchell on my facebook page in a bar-cheating on us. He's had a poem published. He has some splaining to do.