An Old Man Fishing
By Robin Fennelly Word Count: 340 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: a poignant picture of peace in a poem I went down to the river’s edge And asked the Old Man fishing there…
Tag: Nature
Lament at Mabon
Once I knew the language of trees How each rustling of their leaves Could mean so much—if only one knew how to listen. Once I had so much definition in just that one thing: That…
Polar Messenger
By Ronnie Smith Word Count: 90 Rating: G (suitable for all audiences) Summary: A poem of arctic terns Somewhere on tundra you will sate your life aloft, O Arctic Tern, a rest for you, for…
Little Swift
By Ruth Asch Word Count: 4556 Rating: PG (Discussion of euthanasia) Summary: A fairy tale of freedom and life. If you happen to pass along a country road in a land far away, at that…
William Windson
WILLIAM WINDSON By Ruth Asch Word count: 1740 Rating: G Summary: A cat makes friends with a wind. When William was a cat, he was a fine looking animal. Smokey blue-grey with a silvery sheen…
You Can Tell the Bees Anything
By Lawrence Hall Word Count: 90 Rating: G Summary: A whimsical look at the bees. Go tell your secrets to the morning bees You’re safe with them; they’ll listen as they work The only buzz…
Lonely Places
I stood in the center of the room, closed my eyes, and breathed deep of the dusty smell. The room was empty, but the walls remembered, and I wondered about the lives that had passed…
Daytime Of This World
The sun went out Like I knew it would (They say it went down, but I know better It is out – forever and for good.) – This lingering twilight is our last. It wasn’t…
A Terrible Good
By Scott Sloan, January 13, 2016 Word Count: 210 Rating: G Summary: A thought-provoking poem of creation I saw eternity the other night, felt in the blood, and felt along the heart. When I hear…