Reference to the Times

Patterns with the trees darker shades

The drones called to me

The sky is blue and gray above

From the lowly earth to the vaulted

clouds

The rows of rustling leaves that some

rate as divine

From white to scarlet exxpecting blue

which is more ... more

When Thought Arrives

I child of process

The glinting sheen

Access approach

Where the shadows splash

I shall arrive

The rippling reach

What time what thought

comes first

The sparkling gold

The days at the morning

I'll probably learn something ... more

The Old Mainstreet

A time like this asks for old

main street

In public duty and private

thinking

From the walls of brick

Those whom the spoils

of office cannot buy

Underneath the elms and the

oaks

Those who possess opinions

and a will in that city ... more

So Big So Round So Wide

Alone with the mystic shadows

I will not worry away in the calm

freshness of the morning

I will stay present

The world was given to me

so big so round so wide

and yes my world is great

I cannot hide the fact

I may keep the path and maybe ... more

Looking Ahead

As the spiral grew

A true friend indeed,

Leave the low-vaulted past

Only speak when there is need.

Who drives the horses of the sun

My mind turns back on days of yore,

The rust shall find the sword of time

And open up an endless reservoir. ... more

Quitting Time

As a mason all alone from my heated brow,

my spirits quiet house will now be a place

where it's quitting time.

I break the soil and chop the wood, a notice

that they were to meet.

Smoke, iron, spark and the steam, we stress

literary need,

Health, ... more