The June Bug and the Firefly

The June Bug and the Firefly

Like the firefly and the June Bug Summer was living for love The June Bug in the low grounds The firefly twinkling above She danced in the treetops And lit up the meadows He watched as she flittered Through moonbeams and shadows He pined and he sighed With heartache...
My Father

My Father

I saw my father waving Waving me goodbye I wasn’t sure he meant it I stood there but didn’t cry He’s gone like smoke And daydreams He’s gone like melting snow I turned around to see him I can’t think were he would go I stepped behind a white pine The fragrance of a...
The Guitar Picker (song lyrics)

The Guitar Picker (song lyrics)

Here’s a new song we’re working on putting to music and an old photo of my Uncle Eugene (they called him “Zoe”) who died tragically at a young age.  He had a such a thirst for life! This has nothing to do with the song but I wanted to share...
A Bad Boy

A Bad Boy

In the deep dark forest of Mewanabe Lived a boy of character called “Don’t want to see” He was beastly and biting and pretty cantankerous But not so much different than all of the rest of us He don’t like this and he don’t like that He says, “Everyone else don’t know...
For Susan

For Susan

South of Cincinnati Where the crows And rivers sing I drove a road Of heartache Like a broken Sparrow’s wing   I saw the sun A-setting In a flood of golden tears And felt you here beside me Like you were In all those years We rambled Up in Houston In our cowgirl...
February

February

The slanting February sun Wrapped in a grey furry blanket Begs forgiveness for offering no warmth She offers no golden stream Of light that we might bask in While sitting in the old, Red chair in the kitchen She offers no color to the day That might distract us While...

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