the sun lights our world
yet would hide the entire
universe from us
it takes the blackest of nights
to truly see where we are
Author: michaeljordahl
Retired Miner, loves science, reading, carving, walking, recovering alcoholic
a summer day with you
at dawn we watched the sunrise
splashing colors on the day
and when we got too hot
we swam the afternoon away
at dusk we danced in meadows
flecked with flashing fireflies
while zephyrs whispered secrets
under hazy azure skies
at night we told tall tales
as we sat beneath the stars
you were the goddess venus
and I the man from mars
Wordless Wed 6/20/18
–Photo by me
haiku 36
the shows are dazzling
with all-star casts each night on
the galactic plane
–photo by me
Father’s Day Quote
“Dads are the most ordinary men turned by love into heroes…”
–Pam Brown
–Photo by me, at Grandma’s Marathon in Duluth, MN
tattered
slightly tattered wings
grace a butterfly in my
slightly tattered world
imperfection is the key
to the door of creation
–photo by me
dark secrets
dark trees ferment in forests deep
and stand in silent semi-sleep
with roots entangled underground
like secrets that we keep
and thus adjoined they won’t betray
the web of roots they hide away
but made of wood and not of stone
they all will fall one day
–photo by me
retirement
me and the old dog
on the porch doing nothing
but remembering–
remembering, that is,
how to be happy again
Scam
I met a man
Who had a plan
To make me
Very rich,
And I was low
On cash and so
I listened to
His pitch:
For a fee,
He shared
With me
The secret scam
He knew,
And if you send
Ten dollars,
Friend,
I’ll share it
With you too.
Six Word Stories — 3
Tubby’s exercising plans didn’t work out.
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