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Possibility

5/16/2025

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I’d
Like
To
Learn
To
Knit,
But
Wool
Makes
Me
Itch,
And
I Can’t
Stand
To
Drop
A
Stitch,
Or
Lose
A
Knot.
Besides,
Sweaters
Are
Too
Hot.
I’m
Useless,
I’m
Afraid,
Can
Only
Wear
What’s
Ready
Made,
And
Sit,
Unoccupied,
In
The
Shade.

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Scared

5/9/2025

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I’ve
Often
Thought
I’d
Like
To
Write
Thrillers,
Full
Of
Attractive,
Psychopathic
Killers,
But
In
Books
I’ve
Read,
Nice
People
Wind
Up
Dead.
The
Mystery
Is
Cool,
But
It’s
Cruel
The
Way
Bodies
Pile
Up
In
Ungainly
Clots
To
Keep
The
Story
Tied
In
Knots,
Stacking
Clues
When
The
Luckless
Have
Paid
Heavy
Dues.
I Change
Countries,
Climes,
And
Roll
Back
Time,
But
The
Victims
Haunt
My 
Dreams
With
Silent
Screams.
I Turn
Away
To
Write
Things
That
Don’t
Put
Me
In
A
Fright,
Or
Keep
Me
Up
Late
At
Night.

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Gatherers

5/2/2025

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The
Sun
Slants
Sideways
At
Day’s
End,
And
The
Bumblebees
Sway
Among
The
Purple
Sage.
Then,
The
Huge
Carpenter
Bees
Intrude,
And
Lazily
Bend
The
Plant
Down
To
The
Ground
With
Their
Weight,
While
The
Shy
Honeybees
Patiently
Hover,
As
The
Hour
Grows
Late.

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April Song

4/25/2025

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Two
Starlings
Perch
On
An
Elm
Branch,
Twit
And
Grumble,
In
Gruff
Bird
Romance,
Then
Mimic
What
They
Hear
From
Activity
Near.
Sounds
Unravel
Like
Raking
Over
Gravel,
Whistles,
Burps,
And
Chirps.
They
Cackle,
Shrilly
Trill,
Then
Open
Yellow
Beaks
And
Sing
Like
Anything.

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Witness

4/18/2025

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The
Pink
Full
Moon
Rises
Before
Dusk,
A
Semi-
Transparent
Husk,
And
Rolls
Up
The
Watered
Blue
Of
Sky,
Silent
As
A
Sigh.
It’s
Early,
As
Though
It
Could
Not
Wait
To
Breach
Heaven’s
Invisible
Gate.
In
The
Coming
Hours
Night
Will
See
It
Darken
Among
Cloud
Misty
Bars,
Floating
Free
Among
The
Stars.

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The River

4/11/2025

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Water
And
Mud.
Riding
The
Flood,
Sons
And
Daughters
Lost
In
The
Waters.
Dim
The
Light,
Dark
Is
The
Night,
The
Moon’s
Pocked
Glow
Raindrops
On
Snow.
A
Long
Journey
Hence,
Tears
Dried
To
A
Crust,
Nothing
Solid,
Then
Crumbling
Dust,
Layered
In
Rust.

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Reverend Robert Leete Livingston 2

4/6/2025

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*White Rose* 9" H X 12" W Oil On Canvas
My
Father,
Born
This
Day
A
Century
Away.
Tall,
Ernest,
Cheerful
Despite
All,
He
Answered
The
Call
Of
The
Church,
And
In
The
Lurch
Of
Life
And
Unimaginable
Strife,
His
Brief
Life
Dwindled
And
Was
Done,
Amen.
Since
Then,
I Fill
In
The
Time
I Never
Knew,
His
Boyhood,
Happy
On
His
Father’s
Land,
The
Bluegrass
Of
Kentucky
Close
At
Hand,
His
Brothers
Near.
The
Cherished
Memory
Of
Him
Painfully
Dear,
I Can
Almost
Hear
His
Laughter
As
I Miss
Him
Forever
After.

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April Vow

4/4/2025

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*The Green Hat* 20" H X 16" W Oil On Canvas
Starting
Today,
I’ll
Make
Everything
Right.
I’ll
Find
The
Words,
I’ll
See
The
Light.
I Won’t
Slip,
Falter,
Or
Fall,
I’ll
Truly,
Faithfully,
Give
It
My
All.
I May
Fail,
And
If
I Do,
I Promise
You,
Tomorrow
I’ll
Begin
All
Over
Again.

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Down Among The Dead

3/28/2025

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The
Past
Slips
Across
My
Dreams
Like
A
Ship,
The
Taste
Of
The
Sea
On
My
Lips.
I Sail
Across
Brief
Time,
Waiting
For
The
Bell
To
Sound
That
Final
Chime,
My
Tale
All
Ended
In
A
Tender
Kiss,
Fading
Into
A
Fragrant
Mist.

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Faithful

3/21/2025

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*Elizabeth's Rose* 12" H X 9" W Oil On Canvas
You
May
Meet
With
Scorn
And
Laughter
If
It’s
True
Love
You’re
After.
Most
Have
No
Use
For
The
Disarray,
Stay
Well
Away,
And
Settle
For
The
Temporary,
Shallow,
Fleeting,
Thing,
And
Guard
Their
Heart.
As
For
Me,
I’ll
Risk
The
Stormy
Sea
And
Reckless
Dance
Of
Sweet,
Deeply
Felt,
Romance.

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