I’m Going To Write Poems
I’m going to write poems.I’m going to sit on my butt and write poems.I don’t care what you say,I don’t care what you need,I’m going to write poems for these people to read. I’m going to write poems.I’m going to … Continued
How Would I Write
If I set you to randomand told you to playyou’d sing to mefor twenty-two days.So many songsthat I just mightneed to hear.But how would I write?
Savory
Every sweet thing can be wrapped in red and every sweet word can fit on a card but better than sweet is savory like a promise to do what is hard.
Love Is Like the Thread
If it’s true that fools rush in, I’d rush for you all over again. It seems that rushing’s always been a way of life for us. But between the many road trips without time for scenic exits and the passports, … Continued
She Waits For Love
She waits for love like Valentine’s Day,but even on that day it doesn’t rise.Instead, like every day he waits for her.And neither will see through the other’s eyes.
When There Is No Time to Think… We Are Unaware
When there is no time to think,that is when to think.And when there is no time to pray,find it anyway.You can’t study by putting a book under your pillow,but I do believe that we can rest in prayer,and that God … Continued
How Do We Know That Spring Will Come
How do we know that spring will come? It might get colder and colder. In May we might be shoveling through snow up to our shoulders. In August we might start to pack to move towards the equator, wondering if … Continued
Love to Learn
I try and yearnand love to learn.I swear I’ll never stop.With positive greedI’ll read and read.I hope my head won’t pop!
I Would Have Never Known
You always eat in the middle of the nightbut I should never complain.When else would I stop and realizethese thoughts within my brain?You eat and eat and go back to sleep,but I’m left wide awake.I’m hungry, too. (That’s nothing new.)I … Continued
Happy Birthday, Brother
It’s hard to think that you’re not much older than me.It’s different now than when you were six and I was three.And soon even our kids will be in the same stage.Don’t worry, you’ll always be ahead of me in … Continued