posting poetic prose
26 May 2025 4 Comments
in rhyming verse, Uncategorized Tags: cemetery, crow, dead, headstone, sparrow
while visiting town cemetery
i walk among the dead
dark crow caws loud atop pine tree
sound fills my mind with dread
anon, i heard another bird
sing sweet upon headstone
“his eye is on the sparrow”
means i will not die alone.
Civil War headstone photo by lynn__
12 Sep 2023 24 Comments
in free verse Tags: God, grief, mother, sign, song, sparrow
as i wait in pickup
for husband on errand,
i miss my mother.
heart pauses in grief as
sparrow lights upon bush
next to vehicle and begins
to sweetly sing as he studies
me with keen dark eyes.
mother’s favorite song was
“His Eye is on the Sparrow;”
it was a connection, a sign.
the One who watches over
my mother, also watches me.
16 Apr 2018 2 Comments
in rhyming verse Tags: blows, cold, evergreen, robin, snows, sparrow
This could be a lullaby or children’s poem but kind of romantic too…what do you think? The repeating question and rhythm is similar to a wonderful children’s bedtime book, Where Does the Brown Bear Go? by Nicki Weiss.
where do red robins go
my love, do you know
where do red robins go
when it snows?
they hide in evergreen
branches, soft and low
they hide in evergreens
when it snows.
but where do sparrows go
my love, do you know
where little sparrows go
when it blows?
they don’t mind the cold
watch the birds to know
how to cuddle ~this~ close
when it blows!
a poem in my pocket 
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