UNFINISHED - WORK IN PROGRESS “The Magic Forest” (???) 1. A long time ago In a land far away There once was a forest Might be there today 2 The forest was big And the forest was wide And all sorts of magical things Lived inside 3. The forest held creatures And things without name It also held family And fortune and fame 4. Most people can’t find it Though there’ve been few Who say that they have And that the stories are true 5. And right here before you Is the tale that they

A poet A rhymer A straight up old timer A gardner A grower Finger crossing seed sower A chauffeur A baker A temperature taker A mother A spouse A cleaner of house A giver A taker A picture book maker A human A being Someone worth seeing A reader A thinker A cold coffee drinker Weight lifter and walker Not much of a talker Game player Ball kicker Acoustic geet picker A human Alone Scrolling her phone Posting her rhyme Thinking All of the time Connection The laws Finding a caus

Hello good morning sunshine The brown earth has a plan Keep it low and keep it slow Not rush fast as you can Hello good morning sunshine The day starts fresh, anew Be sure to go, but keep it slow Don't want to miss the view

Walk along with nature Singing softly on the path Down across a river A big blue heron takes a bath Lolling through the long grass Chirping birds between the stalks In between the saplings A squat wooden square bat box It's peaceful and it's quiet Nobody calls my name... Hours pass It's time to go Though I shall Return again

In the silence In the stillness Gaia whispers Sweet Fufilness In the sacred silent splendor We sit and watch ourselves forever

Just before morning The frozen Earth still Dark skies above him No wind, but a chill Walking an old path Center rutted in deep Out in the cities People wake from their sleep Night now behind him Tomorrow ahead His body well cloaked His stomach well fed He journeys alone He's left it behind Come way out here To help clear his mind The unknown keeps calling The quiet serene The call of the wild To sense the unseen

Daytime Moon Sometimes you can see the moon in the daytime Right here in the open blue sky A sort of Teeny crescent Almost like a cloud Only not It just sits there Reminding us of itself Hello Earth! Hello Moon! The sky is very blue..... What is color?

Cedar Tree Way out in the distance Far past the eye can see Sits upon a hill A giant cedar tree And though that tree is old It's strong as it ever was And the people go there Just to visit, just because The tree is all alone Nothing else is way up there There are no wild animals No deer or grizzly bear It lives up on the hillside As tall as it can be And it's there because it is It's there just to be free

Fox Coming home from my nighttime walk I saw a fox run across my yard and into the darkness What a sight to behold! Animals who live amongst us but not with us Semi domesticated animals We feed the birds and squirrels by the big maple tree at the end of our driveway Leave them bird seed and stale pretzels and leftover popcorn from the night before that was left on the coffee table overnight The birds love it They don’t know any better They don’t know about fresh popcorn Hot f

Big Frogs Croak Big frogs croak In the pond At night Deep deep sounds Come from their throats I wonder why they do that I wonder who they are calling Walking the dog Past the pond The sounds startle her And she pulls the leash And growls I shush her And tell her not to worry And pull her leash gently towards me The big frogs croak again And again I wonder what they are doing And who they are calling And do they know it’s almost summer? And do they know that school is almost o

RHYME IS ALL AROUND US Rhyme is all around us It’s floating in the air Go ahead and grab one Super double doggie dare Rhyme is all around us It moves through with the breeze You can feel it in the flowers You hear it rustling in the trees Rhyme’s entrenched in water It’s saturating seas You can jump right in it Or just wade up to your knees Rhyme is in our breath Inhale, exhale, then again On a cold day see it Condensing in the wind Rhyme is in our heart and veins It sets our

We’re All God We’re all God Right here, right now Don’t know why Don’t know how Earth keeps spinning ‘Round and ‘round Sun and moon Sky and ground We’re all God Right in the present Both ancestor And descendant Mountain ranges Rivers vast Day awakens Light is cast We’re all God In all hues Inhale, exhale Life renews Here today To love another Mother, father Sister, brother We’re all God Animals, plants Beautifully balanced Pirouette dance Quiet orbit Constant flight One half

FROM ME TO YOU From me to you Here’s some advice Don’t worry so much About folks who aren’t nice From me to you Here’s a small tip Get a cold lemonade And sit and just sip From me to you A bit of wise sage A lot of times things Do get better with age From me to you Don’t worry so much Pick some yard flowers Tie them in a bunch Walk to a doorstep And lay them right down Might help form a smile From what once was a frown From me to you I’m a hundred years old And I’ve never reg

PEACE TO ALL THE FREAKS Peace to all the freaks The weirdos and the geeks Peace to all the normal people too Peace to everyone with hair golden like the sun And peace to all the folks with hair of blue Peace to all the girls Peace to all the boys Peace those unsure or in between Peace to all the ladies The fellas and the babies Peace to all the grandmas and the teens Peace to every family And all the colors that they can be Peace to all the languages we speak Peace to all the