Quiet Times

Snapshot!

Just a simple day, filled with work

gardening to do, animals to feed

children to chase, lessons to teach.

Grandmother sun, shinning overhead

gives the day, a touch of joy

softly rolling hills, enfolding in a hug.

Wildflowers, waiting to be picked

Kool-Aid made, for our picnic

sandwiches, and a blanket on the ground.

Puppies barking, around our legs

a little pond, filled with fish

just waiting, while we bait our hooks.

Six little brown faces, glowing with health

a mothers heart, overflowing with love

a day that is treasured, a snapshot

kept in her heart!

© Sheila Williams

Good Times

On some river in I Corps in 1968 our LCM-8:

went out to an LCU

where they gave us steaks.

i volunteered to cook.

used water as there was nothing else

to cook them with.

i ate at least 3-4 of them.

been few steaks that tasted that good ever since.

© Doug Yelmen

"Horny Toad Lizard"

To call this reptilian fellow both a toad and a lizard is just overkill.

First of all the little guy is not a toad - he's just a lizard.

Is he horny? I don't know. None of my business. Have sex with whom you will.

Perhaps lizard ladies find all those spikes and bumps make him a sex wizard!

He is indeed a horned lizard, and is an endangered species, sad to say.

Too many little kids in the desert southwest wanted him to come out and play.

Unlike his distant cousin, the rattlesnake, his only defense is being ugly.

He can't eat you, but he'd sure like to gobble down a bugly!

I like him - I think he's cute - I used to carry him in my pocket,

But I want him to live, so I'll keep him safe in this virtual locket!

Karen M. Rice, © August 6, 2010

Innocence

Tinkling giggle,
Mashed-nosed kiss,
Two-handed grip on my wrist.
Tiny child with upturned face,
Offering the gift of God’s Grace,
Swinging giddily from my arm,
Filled with bubbling, guileless charm.
There are good memories from Vietnam.

© T.P. Woodfork 7/26/20