I SAW THE SNOW FALL
I saw the snow
the other night
fall upon the sullen
ground and pile up
high and cover o'er
the muddy spots
lying all around
And cover o'er
the muddy spots
lying on the ground
(Written on February 21, 2015)
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I SAW THE SNOW FALL I saw the snow the other night fall upon the sullen ground and pile up high and cover o'er the muddy spots lying all around And cover o'er the muddy spots lying on the ground (Written on February 21, 2015)
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NOT ALONE In the stillness At the end of day When all alone We softly kneel And quietly pray With simple words We let our thanks Be known And soon discover We are Not alone HANNIBAL Hannibal, Oh Hannibal What tales Thy river shores Have Churned Of barefoot days And genteel ways And lessons left unlearned Hannibal, Oh Hannibal With island woods So deep Lovers leap with cliffs So steep You'll never grow old So long as tales Of Huck and Tom Are told Hannibal, Oh Hannibal We remember still Your mystery caves And runaway slaves Your paddle wheels And girlish squeals Mid summer nights Not so far away Nor long ago (The above poem is one of a series of articles we wrote while taking what became known to our family in 1977 as our Great Western Trek, as we travelled from Maryland to Utah. The poem was written the day before we entered the town of Hannibal.) IN YEAR JUST AHEAD In the year just ahead There're songs to be sung Beautiful pictures to be hung Daily tasks to be done Glorious victories to be won In the year just ahead There're old sins to be forsaken Reaching hands to be shaken Steep mountains to be climbed Majestic poems to be rhymed Wounded souls to be healed Wondrous visions to be revealed Accomplishments to be measured Family moments to be treasured In the year just ahead There're simple prayers to be said Homeless children to be fed Lost sheep to be shepherded Little lambs to be led In the year just ahead THE WINTER SNOW FALLETH The winter snow falleth Upon the mountain tops Cascading down brightly Gleaming ever so gently Upon the mountain sides Giving hope and promise To those who sin and fall To those who seek relief And eternal reconciliation To the father of us all Fall winter snow, fall (Written on November 6, 2014) QUIET NOW Quiet now Listen to the snow Fall upon the ground Falling, falling Covering every fault I ever had Softly, tenderly, quietly From the hand of God Blessed be the Christ-child Who became a holy man Filled with sorrow and despair All because of sin From the hearts of men Triumphant in the end As angels sang alleluia Amen and amen and amen (Written on Christmas morn, 2014) OUT OF THE TUNNEL Out of the tunnel Into the light Hello to sunshine Goodbye to the night Farewell to wrong doing We cling to the right Victory is ours If we'll stay in the fight O LIVING WATER Come on O Fount Of Living Water Wash down the mountains Of our sorrows and despair Splash headlong O'er our hearts and minds Cascade quenchingly Past our broken yesterdays Flood our dry riverbeds With thy satisfying hope Spring up within us O Living Water Become our refreshment And Contentment For today That our joy May be full And effervescent Often and eternally. AUTUMN AFTER ALL Snow appears on the mountain tops As leaves begin to fall Pumpkins orange appear once more And it's Autumn after all Hues of red, green, yellow, blue appear Upon our lawns in piles wide and tall So what's a dapper fellow like me to do For indeed, it's Autumn after all As winter waits it's chilly turn Speckled owls begin their call I become excited and filled with glee For it's Autumn after all (Written October 9, 2014) IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING Come while you may, and join with me in the land of the living 'neath the cottonwood tree Where the songbirds sing and cool waters run free Where the sun shines bright and the eagles take flight In the land of the living What a beautiful sight In the land of the living What a beautiful sight (Written August 22, 2014) |
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