I went way back for this one. I read it and was struck. Enjoy! Bereft by Mrs. Marcella Darling-Milburn, Aberdeen Love left today With all the flowers That I had stored away For my dreaming hours. From Pasque Petals: Vol. 1, no. 9 January 1927 Featured image by melingo wagamama under the creative commons license […]
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I admit, I first looked at these poems because of the poet’s name: Imogene De Smet. What a fabulous name! Once I read her poems, I was hooked. Enjoy! PRAIRIE LOVE SONG by Imogene De Smet, Sioux City, IA Unceasing Dakota winds pock my face With rain dry dust. My fingers tightly clutch the handle
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A timely, beautiful poem with a beautiful message. Enjoy! Revelation by Marilyn Kratz, Yankton The winds of fall have swept away brown leaves from old elm trees And now reveal what summer’s green had hidden from my gaze. Abandoned nests, their builders flown, stand out in stark relief, Mute evidence of secret toil that filled
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I am a place poet. I write about pink interstates and shorn ditches and abandoned homesteads and big rivers and cracked driveways. I write about the way the first golden light breaks over the early prairie as I drive west on I-90 in October. I write about the garbageman who predictably ushers away my recycling
A timely, beautiful poem with a beautiful message. Enjoy! Revelation by Marilyn Kratz The winds of fall have swept away brown leaves from old elm trees And now reveal what summer’s green had hidden from my gaze. Abandoned nests, their builders flown, stand out in stark relief, Mute evidence of secret toil that filled the