I had long known the diverse tastes of the wood, Each leaf, each bark, rank earth from every hollow; Knew the smells of bird’s breath and of bat’s wing; Yet…
Above the mountainsthe geese turn intothe light again Painting theirblack silhouetteson an open sky. Sometimes everythinghas to beinscribed acrossthe heavens so you can findthe one linealready writteninside you. Sometimes it…
One raw winter night a farmer heard an irregular thumping sound against his kitchen storm door. He went to a window and watched as tiny, shivering sparrows, attracted to the…
When the spent sun throws up its rays on cloud And goes down burning into the gulf below, No voice in nature is heard to cry aloud At what has…
Grew up in a small town And when the rain would fall down I’d just stare out my window Dreaming of what could be And if I’d end up happy…
From the day we arrive on the planet And blinking, step into the sun There’s more to be seen than can ever be seen More to do than can ever…
A man found an eagle’s egg and put it in a nest of a barnyard hen. The eaglet hatched with the brood of chicks and grew up with them. All…
When weary with the long day’s care, And earthly change from pain to pain, And lost and ready to despair, Thy kind voice calls me back again: Oh, my true…
The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him and every day he scanned the horizon for…
A free bird leaps on the back Of the wind and floats downstream Till the current ends and dips his wing In the orange suns rays And dares to claim…