Solomon Smith Remembered
What kind of a person gives a pocketknife like THAT to a minister? Maybe a free-spirited, old lumberjack. In the
The Best Shoes Ever
In my 60+ years, I’ve had a lot of shoes: Basketball shoes, running shoes, work boots, earth shoes, sandals, dress
The Man on the Bridge
In 1984, I studied Spanish for six weeks in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. The school was on a major avenue in
Song: Buzzard in the Sky
The photo gallery in my post Birds in Flight features several turkey vultures (aka “buzzards”). The summertime sky in Iowa
Mexico by Bus (Poems, 1984)
In the summer of 1984, I studied Spanish in Morelia, Michoacan, Mexico. I had the chance to travel by bus
Sonnet: The Moon
Way back in 1984, this poem was my entry in a college writing contest judged by US poet Howard Nemerov.