In this Moment

I could live in this moment forever
in the eyes of the Angel called "you",
in the arch of the doorway to heaven
with no more than your face in my view.

If I die in my sleep before morning
I will praise my allotment of time.
I could live in this moment forever,
in this moment I've captured in rhyme.

Sarah

In shadow views of battle yet to be
the final stranger beckons me. I fear
that I must now accept what I forsee;
the moment of my death is drawing near.
Oh sarah, how I want to see your face;
to touch, once more, the softness of your skin.
Though fate is sealed and destiny in place,
I long to hear your gentle voice again.
If it is true that spriits conquer death
then I will yet return to you somehow.
The winds that cool your skin shall be my breath;
my tears the gentle raindrops on your brow.
I pray you, Sarah, do no mourn me dead...
think I am gone to wait for you instead.

This poem was inspired by a letter written by Civil War Major Sullivan Ballou to his wife just days before his death.

Too Soon Ago

Too soon ago I brushed my chomps
with minty, sweetened, paste,
lending to my "J" of "O"
a most unpleasant taste.

Udder Truth

"A cow is of the bovine ilk;
one end moo the other milk." ~ Ogden Nash ~

Bred to give us cheese and butter,
usefulness that’s keen and utter,
milking cows is such a treat--
takes a sit and grabs a teat,
aims the stream and hits the bucket,
skims the cream. With any luck it
pleased you when I made that rhyme.
I’d rather poet anytime
than milk a cow as in my youth.
They smell, and that’s the udder truth.

Walter Murray

This is about a real cat I knew. The poor thing was de-clawed, fixed and he had a very distinct mark on his head in the shape of a "W"... or an "M", depending upon your perspective.


Murray is a fine cat
Soft with fuzzy ears.
Walter is a strange cat
Filled with silly fears.

Walter  is a smile cat
Murray is a frown.
They are both the same cat
Up and upside down.

Two of them are one cat
Over double lazy.
Murray is the sane cat
Walt would be the crazy
.
Beasley walks her both cat
Daily with a halter.
Often she plays spin cat
Walter-Murray-Walter.

Walter is a night cat
Murray rules the day.
Who's the dusk and dawn cat?
I can't really say.

They are not a clawed cat
Tears are salty water.
And it makes it worse that
They can't have a daughter.