February 28

Baptismal waters
Born into new family
He got his mind straight

February 27

Birkenstock sandals
Cowboy boots when I was young
Comfort in old age

February 26

You can tell their age
Rock music or rocking chair
I enjoy my chair

February 25

Once useful to me
Much I'll never use again
Make good use of now

February 24

My first teaching job
Two story house on Rock Hill
First home that we owned

February 23

Scotch-Irish farmers
North Carolina hill folk
Those were my people

February 22

Out walking one day
Encountered a pit bull dog
We declared a truce

February 21

August afternoon
In silent shade of horse barn
Place to meditate

February 20

Red-headed woman
Calls her hair her burning bush
But not holy hair

February 19

Take it from the shelf
Books are to be read and used
Books marked, underlined

February 18

Hungry in Hong Kong
I ate Vietnamese eggs
in "Burma Cafe"

February 17

Sisters on the beach
Dressed in heavy coats and gloves
San Francisco Bay

February 16

I read books
to expand my living room
And, write books

February 15

In my opinion
It is a sin to be bored
Midst God's creation

February 14

Lacy winter trees
Clear blue sky with silver moon
I go for a walk

February 13

Cows in the meadow
Wild turkeys on the hillside
House in the distance

February 12

Cornbread for dinner
Red beans bubbling on the stove
Peace in the valley

February 11

Family is here
Bonnie plays ukulele
Like breeze through bamboo

February 10

He wore green sweater
And wrote with a green pencil
Not a green writer

February 9

Low muddy-gray sky
Whining wind surrounds the house
Huddle by the fire

February 8

Ninety-year-old crone
Rattlesnake at her mailbox
Her hoe did it in

February 7

Long-term will work out
But some must live in short-term
With hope unfulfilled

February 6

Sunday morning solo
Mockingbird on church steeple
One person noticed

February 5

Be wary of they
Who always know the answers
But not the questions

February 4

Dirty black slouch hat
Gray whiskers, blue overalls
He was a good friend

February 3

Local alley cat
Feral Siamese beauty
Keeps having kittens

February 2

Hens huddle up
Snow illuminates the night
We're under five quilts