Category: Poetry
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Michelangelo
I am really excited to be traveling to Italy next week with my youngest daughter. The last time I was in Italy was in 2018. For this trip, we start in Venice, then Florence, Rome, and Sorrento. I have not seen the David by Michelangelo since I was 19, though. So, I am looking forward…
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The Geese
I wrote this during a Thanksgiving holiday at our son’s house. There is a running trail near where I took these pictures and wrote this poem. This week has been busy as we are tending our son and daughter-in-law’s kids while they are on a holiday. I went running on this trail again for just…
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The Apple Orchard
I often run past this orchard. Corn is grown on the upper west of the field while the apple trees run along the white fence. The apple trees remind me of the poem “After Apple-Picking” by Robert Frost; it is not because of the most obvious reason, but because I had to memorize the poem…
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The Cornfield
The Cornfield I have run to this cornfield many early mornings. The bright stalks shine in the sun. The green gold corn, a symbol of abundance and resilience.Corn withstands a variety of weather, so tough. I have seen the corn field through all the seasons.The bumper crop, the harvest, the fertile plain, the plowed field. With dew on…
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Be Kind to The Earth
Be Kind To The Earth My daughter and I were conversing about what four to five things a person could start to do to be more kind to our earth. Sometimes, some people get overwhelmed by recycling, using less energy, or being less toxic, and then give up. I think we need baby steps. These…
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Poetry Analysis: Evening Hawk
“Evening Hawk” – Robert Penn Warren 1905-1989 From plane of light to plane, wings dipping throughGeometries and orchids that the sunset builds,Out of the peak’s black angularity of shadow, ridingThe last tumultuous avalanche ofLight above pines and the guttural gorge,The hawk comes. His wingScythes down another day, his motion Is that of the honed steel-edge, we…