Brian Crock

  • Before the Snow

    Her path of gold, a sunlit floor, of autumn days that came before. I walk these woods of rust and light, before the winter turns the morning white… Continue reading

    Before the Snow
  • Standing Through Time

    Silent beneath a crisp blue sky, she watches the seasons gently drifting by… Continue reading

    Standing Through Time
  • Echoes of Autumn Light

    I watch the drifts through frozen glass, and miss her light on autumn grass. In November’s gold, she used to glow, a cool, crisp breath before the snow. Now winter reigns in silent white, while I crave the ghost of… Continue reading

    Echoes of Autumn Light
  • Stitched in Shadows

    She greets the day in December’s brittle gleam, old boards aglow in morning’s quiet beam. Tree shadows lace her sides in ashen gray, while winter-bleached grass waits where autumn slipped away… Continue reading

    Stitched in Shadows
  • Embers in the Cold

    Slipping low, she pours her fire into the cold, molten orange fading, rich and bold. Clouds catch embers, ash-soft, warm and slow, and winter keeps the secret of her glow… Continue reading

    Embers in the Cold
  • Ohio’s Edge at Dusk

    At dusk the path hugs Ohio’s side, where golden lamps and shadows glide. She drifts along, both dark and deep, with secrets that the currents keep. Through quiet bends and silvered glow, she carries ghosts of long ago; the steamboats… Continue reading

    Ohio’s Edge at Dusk
  • In the Margins of Morning

    She stands still where the air softens, black ink on a page of pale light; her branches trace the quiet shape, to tell a story she hopes to write… Continue reading

    In the Margins of Morning
  • Where Winter Colors Fade

    She stands weathered against the cold, as amber clouds flare and fade, blending winter blue into soft purple shade… Continue reading

    Where Winter Colors Fade
  • Quiet Flame at Dusk

    She leans low, a quiet flame, peeking through trees turned dark and still; light slips between their shadowed frames, soft gold surrendering to evening’s will…. Continue reading

    Quiet Flame at Dusk
  • The Porch Light Hour

    The sidewalk rests beneath the fading day, small-town lights glow warm along the way. Porch lamps bloom where soft shadows stay, a quiet pause where evenings gently play… Continue reading

    The Porch Light Hour
  • Road Leads

    The road runs west where daylight bends, gold lingers soft where evening ends… Continue reading

    Road Leads
  • Carries River’s Past

    She waits where the river chooses to slow, stone-set grace in patient flow. Her walls remember gears and hand, the careful rise, the soft command. Though voices fade and years move on, she holds the past and carries on… Built… Continue reading

    Carries River’s Past