Category Archives: History

Hard To See

Contemplating contradiction…

 

   Hard To See

Crowded countryside
But the houses hard to see
Dense green forests hide

-gl-

 

Contemplating elegance…

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Worn Away

Contemplating the process…

   Worn Away

More rocks still appear
Is the ground worn away or
Pushed them out and clear?

-gl-

 

Contemplating where are they coming from…?

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Same Path

Contemplating history…

   Same Path

The new woodchuck runs
Cross the same path as last year’s
Guest. Seeing her’s fun

   -gl-

Contemplating coincidence…?

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Hope Reborn

Contemplating the circle of life…

   Hope Reborn

Every day’s new dawn
Brings with it new hope reborn
Seems like life goes on

   -gl-

Contemplating the joy of life…

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Gazing Up

Contemplating memories…

   Gazing Up

Memories still felt
Gazing up child remembered
Still Orion’s belt

   -gl-

Contemplating wonder…

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Colors Drape

Contemplating respect…

   Colors Drape

Really? In a flag?
Colors drape soldiers’ coffins
No prizefighter’s rag

   -gl-

Contemplating crossing lines…

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Flashes

Contemplating the wheel…

   Flashes

Round one furious
Flashes from both champs but the
New more studious

   -gl-

Contemplating turning…

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‘Cept Where

Contemplating nature…

   ‘Cept Where

Look up the sky’s blue
Ok, ‘cept where the brown cloud
Hangs and still accrues

   -gl-

Contemplating not so nature…

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Distant Hills

Contemplating perspective…

   Distant Hills

Gunfire or thunder
Rolling over the distant hills
Either way. Wonders

   -gl-

Contemplating strange…

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More Marines

Bonus post today. Having discovered duplicate poems from last week, I’m posting the correct text that goes with More Marines:

   More Marines

Was in Belleau Wood
More Marines died than all years
Before had withstood

   -gl-

Contemplating service…

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