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Special Guest Poet: Marty Gerlach in a Triumphant Return to the Blog
I have plenty to say after the poem, but let's have a look at it first. Oh! And a picture of Sunny riding in the car on the way to New...
Feb 11, 20243 min read


Hey, Now! Look Here! Back to a Blog a Week!
So, yesterday, Kellie, Sarah, and I took a hike to a place that was new for Sarah. However, Kellie and I have visited several times. It's...
Feb 4, 20245 min read


The Naming Ritual: What Shall We Call Our Book?
Well, gentle readers and friends, I have been working on gathering together the nature poems that we have worked on for the past couple...
Jan 14, 20243 min read


An Autumnal Portent: A New (Short) Poem and A Few Pictures of Fall Flowers
Well, folks, here it is with only a few days left in September and many different flowers in our yard have decided to bloom once again....
Sep 23, 20231 min read


Friend: A New Poem! No Revisions Today!
Comments below the poem and pictures. ENJOY! Friend, (Inspired by a P. Shelley fragment) Sit down here and clear your mind Of all its...
Aug 12, 20232 min read


A Couple of Revisions, Some Sketches, and a Sunrise
Well, I have to be honest. Apparently, my regular readers are not too keen on reading revised poems. Generally, each blog post gets...
Aug 6, 20232 min read


Two More Revisions: This May Go Faster Than You Think
I had no idea what the flower in the picture above was without looking it up on that wonderful website: https://identify.plantnet.org/....
Aug 1, 20232 min read


Revisions, Revisions, Revisions: Or Are There Only Two?
As all my faithful readers know, I have pronounced it the Season of Revision. That's right! No new stuff until all of the old stuff is...
Jul 31, 20232 min read


The Spider's Web: Showing What Revisions Can Make Me Do
Comments after the poem! Enjoy! The Spider’s Web I saw a spider spin her web From the window in my room. I was muted in the dark. She was...
Jul 26, 20233 min read


Moon Diver: Slight Return (a lyric poem) And the Answer to a Reader's Question in Picture
Comments after poem! Enjoy! The Moon Diver (Slight Return) Beware the doldrums of July, When whippoorwill and firefly May make you feel...
Jul 12, 20233 min read


A Short Poem About Sunrises and a Few Pictures of Them
So...for the last few weeks, Kellie and I have been getting up around 5:30 AM to go on our daily walks with our dog Luna. Being out that...
Jul 5, 20231 min read


A New Nature Poem
L'est we forget that my blog is really a blog about poetry and having a place to share my poems and the pictures that accompany them, I...
Jun 30, 20232 min read


New Pictures, An Old Poem: Purple Thistles
Well, I needed to take a day off from the England Travelogue for two reasons. One, I was getting tired of spending 1 1/2 to 2 hours a day...
Jun 15, 20232 min read


Eating the Dead: A Poem About Butterflies
Comments below poem. Eating the Dead The swallowtails met in a group on the ground, Some with their wings up and some with them down,...
May 14, 20231 min read


A Flower Walk: A Short Poem and a Bunch of Pictures
Comments below the poem and with the pictures. The Flower Walk (Inspired by Frost’s The Pasture) We walked out in the flowers today And...
May 11, 20233 min read


A Special Guest Poet and Photographer: Marty Gerlach
Yes, it has been a while, my friends and blog followers, but today, I am not going to showcase any of my work. Today, I am going to share...
May 7, 20232 min read


Early Purple Irises: A Poem and a Couple of Pictures
Comments below the poem. Early Purple Irises “Is it May? Is it May?” My early irises say. Their yellow beardlets blown White by icy...
Apr 9, 20231 min read


A Newly Revised Poem and Pictures by Kellie
I don't know that I am prepared to call my friend Patrick Gillespie my "editor" yet--I don't know if he wants to be--, but we have been...
Apr 2, 20232 min read


What Luna and I Saw as We Walked in the Park
Today, I am in the midst of writing about nothing. I have no projects. I have no inspiration. I have nothing I feel like reviewing or...
Mar 23, 20232 min read


What Dreams May Come (Part II)
To answer the question that will be obvious to fans of William Shakespeare, Yes! I often use words and phrases in lines from Hamlet for...
Mar 14, 20233 min read


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