2018. care to dance?

pretty girls

all dressed up for saturday night

care to dance?

Pretty girls stand together, soft eyes cast demurely to the side with just a hint of a smile. Oh, sweet memories. We were Sweet 16 and all dressed up for Saturday nights at the neighborhood dance hall, standing around waiting to be asked, hoping to be taken out onto the floor for a spin. No one wanted to be a wallflower. Little did I know there really are real “Wallflowers.” I found them on today’s walk—aren’t they pretty! 

 

2017. sundown

old crow looking west

has much to say….to no one

or is he talking to me

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caw-caw…caw-caw…caw

i swear god taught him to talk

or is he singing?

 A crow is a crow is a crow.

2016. stories

slow down….

won’t you stay a while, listen

i have stories to tell

 

I never saw this tree in the woods. Was it a maple or a willow, beech, honey locust, or pine? I don’t know, but look at it now….it has stories to tell, wondrous stories.

Stopped at the red light I looked ahead and saw this tree, tall and proud. I took up my phone and drove slowly for a closer look. Zoom in, maximize….