Boat of Fools
(A salty poem. Copyright 2022 All rights reserved.) See definitions of sailing terms below the poem. The genoa full on a close-hauled tack The main was following suit Our bow rose high as (Read More)
Category: Poems, Prose, and other Writings
The last rollercoaster ride
A tall, beautiful woman carried him through the gate. The carnival, full of colors and sounds, stretched for miles. She bought a big roll of tickets and off they went. The woman paid one (Read More)
“Be a hero in the strife!”
Longfellow was an American poet and his “A Psalm of Life” is inspiring especially for those of us challenged with leukemia. Here’s some of his poetic advice: A Psalm of Life by Henry Wadsworth (Read More)
Love cares
A cool cloth on your face A soft spoken prayer A hand holding yours when the pain comes. These are the things of Love.
Dad
A boy in Saskatchewan, teenager in Lynden, Army Air Corps gunner in North Africa, prisoner in Germany, and adoptive father in Birch Bay. These were the passages of the man resting in Hillsdale Cemetery. (Read More)
Wonders
Here’s a little rhyme to lighten the load: Wonders there is more to this life than a spit in the eye the misery melts when you look to the sky and see like a (Read More)
’till Spring
Beside our driveway, near the trees, she sits high on her perch waiting. The north wind blows hard under her belly. Her keel is dry and the tiller useless. Wind and waves mean nothing (Read More)
The Animal Poem
Just to lighten things up a bit, here’s a children’s story/poem I’m working on…. Animal Wisdom by Jim Smith © 2013 I saw a crazy bird flying’ upside down. I said, “Hey, aren’t you (Read More)
To Janis Joplin
Well, my Baby-Boomer generation is getting older. So I got to wondering how Janis Joplin would see things if she was still alive. Here’s a little song in honor of her. (Sing it to (Read More)
Haikus for You’z
Like it says on my ‘About’ page, sometimes I just do writing that has nothing to do with Leuk. So here’s a few haikus. The last one is my favorite. eyes staring nowhere just (Read More)
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