Tag: poetry
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Nature’s Natural Push
When I visit my daughter and her family, I love to go running or walking by Utah Lake, which is only a street away. The different times of year are always so fascinating, and I love to see what is happening in nature. I came upon the ice slabs on the lake and wondered what…
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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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Yikes! Trying to Write A Rhyming Children’s Book
Getting each word just right, that is one of the hardest skills when writing poetry. William Wordsworth would walk the hills by his house in Cumberland, England and write poetry in his head. He would say them out loud while he walked and he would remember them and write them when he returned home. For…