Growing in our front yard...

              #442

            Oak Tree

Its roots are tenacious,

Its trunk is audacious,

Its branches majestic, abide.

Its leaves, though dark green,

Glow with a sheen

That commands

the whole broad hillside.

Christmas anticipations...

              #155

              Lazarus

Lazarus sits beneath the tree,

Baubles, bangles, and presents three,

Dusty sackcloth down to his knee;

Here's a presence we have to see:

Lazarus under the Christmas tree.

Out the back window...

            #105

     Red Breasted Robins

All year round the Robins

Live by the Crabapple tree:

Some from the North,

Some from the South,

Happy as Robins can be

Who live by a Crabapple tree.

I met a child out walking . . .

                   #86

            My Grandson

            Friday, 2/4/11

I caught the smile on Julian's face

That lit the trees with awesome grace

And made the gray bark shine:

Mischievous, loving, innocent,

With clarity like subtle wine

(And in some sense, I thought, he's mine).