How about this? Enjoy the poem first. Then, read about the inspiration. Welcoming Winter in North Arkansas (In the style of A. E....

Well, I haven't been writing much lately. You know my excuses, but I will state the over-arching issue: I have a job. That job involves...

On Wednesday, November 2 from 12:00-1:00, Annie England Noblin and I will be signing copies of our books Christmas in Blue Dog Valley and...

Kellie took this picture of a tiny purple flower on our daily walk a few days, maybe even a week or two, ago. The flower is an exquisite...

Ladies and gentlemen, my friends, family, and folks, thank you so much for making my book Atheists and Empty Spaces, the #1 new...

Today's poem is written as a request for Missy Dayberry-Avey of St. James, Arkansas. (You do still live there, right?) Back in the early...

You folks remember a while back--a long time back--I said that I would do requests for poems. I have had two requests. Kellie's sister...

This morning's picture was taken by my son Jesse. He had some Naked Ladies, AKA Surprise Lilies (Lycoris squamigera), pop up in his yard,...

Luna and I went walking yesterday morning (Friday) at the Fulton County Fairgrounds/Shooting Range, and we walked down the new road...

Well, I hate to post another blog so close to the last one when I still have so many of my friends and acquaintances reading and...

Anyway, since I do seem to be stuck in a phase of writing short poems about Nature and its various scenes and faces, I offer today a poem...

Anyway, on our recent vacation to San Francisco, Kellie, Sarah, and I visited the California Academy of Sciences. A primary exhibit at...

Eight days ago, I wrote that I would tell you why I was not going to be writing anything for at least a week. The reason is that I have...

Anyway, it has been a very busy week. Summer term I at ASUMH ended on Wednesday, so I had a deluge of grading Monday, Tuesday, and the...

Before I present the poem to you, I wanted to tell you about some interesting stuff that I ran across as part of my research to finish...

Anyway, I was walking my dog Luna out at the Fulton County fairgrounds the other day when I looked up in the sky, and this evil-looking...

Poem for Kellie I have mortgaged my life, and I’ve wasted my time. I’ve made many decisions with no reason nor rhyme. I have valued my...

Anyway, Kellie and I have been wandering around in the yard or sitting on our patio quite a bit here lately about dusk, and the other...

Anyway, Kellie took this picture of a rain-mottled daisy while we walked in the city park the other day. I do not know what it has to do...

Anyway, the weed flowers or the ‘accidentals” are nearly gone from the yard here on the day that marks the beginning of my fifty-sixth...