"Twenty Years from Now"

if I don't write about this
you won't know that last wednesday
there were two very large armadillos
eating undisturbed at the feeding area
just on the outside edge of gypsys fence
she pointed them until
they wandered away into the woods
today there was a very large opossum
sleeping undisturbed on the branch of a tree
just next to gypsys fence
she held her point
through the fence a long time
when I got back to the cabin
yesterday afternoon it had
snowed dove feathers on the cat porch
a good time was had by all
as I write I see the hummingbirds
finding the spring sweetness
of the blooming yuccas
the crows called to us this morning
as they flew by the cabin
important things we want you to know
twenty years from now

"Plain White Paper"

ink pen in hand
i wrote my name on
plain white paper
i looked at it
and did not know
who it was
ink pen in hand
i printed my name on
plain white paper
i looked at it
and did not know
who it was
i wrote a poem
on plain white paper
and signed my name
i knew who it was
some of me was
left behind on
the plain white paper

"The First Milnor Blend" By Cara and Nick

just hadley and me
and gypsy makes three
we are happy
in our log cabin

a nice warm bottle
a snoozy little nap
always time to cuddle
on grandmas soft lap

the days slipping away
no time for crying
just for more play
can't help trying

gypsys always near
little baby girl
there is no fear
soft dark curls

sheri and mom
in the kitchen together
cooking up a storm
that's my kinda weather

memorial day weekend
a time to remember
those that gave all
no thought of surrender

memories of the past
what a great view
our lives right now
happiness on cue

"Take a Chance"

just sit down
don't be afraid
don't be safe
don't be carefull
don't follow
don't copy
learn from failure
languish in success
what you think
is not what
others think
that is ok
think of yourself
as a tree
with many branches
write about all of them
and things you know
nothing about
places you have never been
take a chance
write

"A Day of Twos and Roses"

early morning
two thunderstorms
first light
gypsy and me
porch perching
two blue herons
in formation
two indigo buntings
feeding
two squirrelly squirrels
two cardinals
drinking
two baby rabbits
playfully jumping
two spring kittens
with mama
two red roses
two hummingbirds
the two of us
two friends
together

"Feelings"

if you have no feelings
your feelings can't get hurt
your lonely spirit
raked through hot coals
finds the flame and burns
the room gets cold
when the fire goes out

"We Still Don't"

there are some things
writers don't live long enough
or like to write about
all kinds of things
why birds don't have arms
why raccoons can't leave
well enough alone
why only the fittest survive
why cats always get
what they want
why we are in such a hurry
asking bright questions
finding dim answers
life is like a movie
holding the final frame
my digestion is slow to flow
when mulling over certain things
a mulching mind works slowly
protecting nurturing saving
some things hit close to home
like twigs and leaves
tapping on the roof
turned loose by the wind
as a storm approaches
years ago we didn't know
when a storm was coming
we still don't