our friendship, not hemmed in by time or location, offers ample ease for plenty of free movement. we started on school bus, bobbin’ as fresh-facing kindergarteners; as middle schoolers, we darted on bicycles to local pharmacy, spacious park or shopping mall to gather summer memories. in high school and college, took backstitch or two along the way, but eventually stood witness as each took vows binding ourselves to husbands (promises we’ve kept). an old favorite friendship that can stretch seamlessly across the years and distance; comfortable and warm as a patchwork quilt; hearts appliqued with sisterly love, lined with laughter, covered with grace-patterned shalom.
For my dear friend, Joyce ❤
Joining with dVerse Poets to “sew” some poetry together!
Hubby and i are traveling cross-country to Alaska with our camper. I’m sharing our journey here with haiku/tanka and a few photos…whenever i get a round
As my husband and i embark on a roadtrip, “The Great Alaskan Get-Away” (as our fourth son called it), i hope to record our trip with haiku and also share some photos here…
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little white chapel
welcomes interstate travelers
prayers for safety
Chapel on I-90 sponsored by churches of Corsica SD
scent of pine on breeze
soft-bristled ponderosa
cover hills in black
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rock cut-away glints
precious metals vein granite
black hills central tracks
old “eighteen-eighty” railroad
steam engine pulls train up grade
whee! we ride e-bikes
along george michelson trail
bump over wood bridge
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i feed him almonds
toss halves to striped ground squirrel
he eats on haunches
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presidents in stone
home of the free and the brave
history’s heroes
Happy birthday, America! Remember your heroes and hold to your ideals…
a poem in my pocket 
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