Spirit Songs
(poetry)
My first attempts at writing was poetry. I would get something stuck in my head and it would come onto the page as a poem. Here you will find poems that speak of Nature and man's connection to it as well as my thoughts on the human condition..
Dance: Inspired by a young veteran in a wheelchair attending a powwow. You could see in his eyes his desire to be among the dancers.
Face in the Window: Autobiographical. Dealing with the death of my father at an early age and how the child couldn't understand just what was happening.
The Forest: Listen to the voice of nature. She will speak to you.
The Old One: Sometimes the wisdom of age is that they know to look within.
Pappy: Written as a final tribute to a fellow poet and Mountain Man. The scattering of his ashes in a high meadow was quite fitting for this man everyone knew as Pappy.
Spirit Dream: Perhaps the dreams that we have are more than just dreams.
The Stream: The flow of a stream can mimic the flow of life. How it turns out is up to us.
Spirit of the Wolf: A lament to the loss of a brother in nature.