Poems And Quotes

Pitter-patter, raindrops, Falling from the sky; Here is my umbrella To keep me safe and dry! When the rain is over, And the sun begins to glow, Little flowers start to bud, And grow and grow and grow!

Fish (fly-replete, in depth of June, Dawdling away their wat’ry noon) Ponder deep wisdom, dark or clear, Each secret fishy hope or fear. Fish say, they have their Stream and Pond; But is there anything Beyond? This life cannot be All, they swear, For how unpleasant, if it were! One may not doubt that, somehow, […]

Going to Heaven! I don’t know when — Pray do not ask me how! Indeed I’m too astonished To think of answering you! Going to Heaven! How dim it sounds! And yet it will be done As sure as flocks go home at night Unto the Shepherd’s arm! Perhaps you’re going too! Who knows? If […]

“Heaven” — is what I cannot reach! The Apple on the Tree — Provided it do hopeless — hang — That — “Heaven” is — to Me! The Color, on the Cruising Cloud — The interdicted Land — Behind the Hill — the House behind — There — Paradise — is found! Her teasing Purples […]

She pressed her lips to mind.                —a typo   How many years I must have yearned for someone’s lips against mind. Pheromones, newly born, were floating between us. There was hardly any air.   She kissed me again, reaching that place that sends messages to toes and fingertips, then all the way to something […]

kiss me and make the sorrowful pain go away kiss me and tell me everything will soon be okay kiss me and hold me tightly close to you kiss me and whisper sweet words that are true kiss me and and lay me on the bed kiss me from my toes to my head kiss […]

I will lend to you for awhile, a pup, God said, For you to love him while he lives and mourn for him when he’s dead. Maybe for twelve or fourteen years, or maybe two or three But will you, ’till I call him back, take care of him for me. He’ll bring his charms […]

Dog stay and dog stays Dog run and dog runs Dog stand and dog stands Dog catch and dog catches Dog roll and dog rolls Dog lick and dog licks Dog hug and dog hugs You are indeed a liberated woman I don’t have to ask if that dog is your man. by RIC S. […]

The family’s dog was bought to guard, Chained to a post in a chilly backyard, Housed in a shed that was airless and dark, And every few weeks had a run in the park. When boredom set in with no fun and no work, One day it broke loose and went quietly berserk. Pa couldn’t […]

A dog sits waiting in the cold autumn sun. Too faithful to leave, too frightened to run. He’s been here for days now with nothing to do, but sit by the road waiting for you. He can’t understand why you left him that day. He thought you and he were stopping to play. He’s sure […]