poem

  • Season’s Bend

    She curves through winter’s bare wood, toward sunlight and hidden green; where February stubbornly stood, spring waits just past the scene… Continue reading

    Season’s Bend
  • Winter’s Surrender

    She drifts through clouds in rolling silk, to tease the Old Man’s frozen heart; her sunset breath, like honeyed milk, tears his silvered world apart. Upon the lake, her pearly glow seduces ice to liquid fire; he clings to frost… Continue reading

    Winter’s Surrender
  • Gentle Charm

    Where the road bends soft and slow, she stands in the afternoon glow. Worn with gentle hometown charm, quiet days in her wooden calm… Continue reading

    Gentle Charm
  • Forest’s Fading Light

    Deep in the forest, void of sight, a fragile branch holds fading light. Its final leaves in amber glow, catch golden whispers drifting low… Continue reading

    Forest’s Fading Light
  • Beyond the Cannon’s Breath

    In golden light of evening blaze, the old sentry meets our gaze. From cannon’s breath and bitter fray, to Pataskala’s peaceful quiet way. He catches fire in the evening sun, a soldier’s watch that’s never done. Carved in stone for… Continue reading

    Beyond the Cannon’s Breath
  • 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
  • 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