All right, it’s high time I put this one up for all y’all to see. Is you all ready for a lesson on pronunciation? Wahl, then buckle up! All joking aside, I was out for what turned out to be an all-day hike with my future wife, Debbie, whom I had known for...
I originally wrote the following poem in 1985 for my little sister. It wasn’t bad, but years later I didn’t think it was quite up to snuff, so I reworked it. Recently, after meeting this great guy and wonderful photographer named John Wagner, who lives...
New Frontier, a Nostalgic Tribute to the Old West This poem was originally written back in the mid-80’s, in free verse–most likely because I wanted to write a poem and was simply feeling too lazy to search for rhymes. It wasn’t until a decade later,...
When I was fourteen years old, my mom called me downstairs to where she was listening to KUPI radio to have me hear a song she thought I might enjoy. I guess my mom knew me pretty well. The song was “Caballo Diablo”, a Charlie Daniels song as performed by...
My Last Cattle Drive I was going for a walk, one sunny day in June, And just behind the mountains must’ve lurked a big full moon. The reason I surmise that will show in the tale to follow— Which reveals my foolish actions, and makes my heart grow hollow. I was...
As I walked my rounds on duty tonight, I couldn’t help being enthralled by the magnificent moon, “Luna,” as she rose up through the trees in the east. Most of the poetry we’ve been putting up here on the poetry page is stuff I wrote years...
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