Paragon

                   If you asked me to show you a picture
                          of the qualities I'd like for me,
                    I'd say just look here, is it not clear?
                        just that grace and that dignity.

Stoned!

                       
                        It's hard to get families together,
                            too often you end up alone;
                  but to stay close for life, find a man with a knife,
                        and he'll bond you forever in stone.

Street seeds

                It seems there was this crack in the road,
                   and, to fill it. a bunch of seeds came;
             they must have come there from most anywhere,
                    so how is it they're all the same???

Seen Queen

                  What is it that goaded you upward so high
                                   Amaryllis, my queen?
                        Did you aspire to grow ever higher,
                          to see further,  or just to be seen? 

Good morning!

                                 I saw these this morning 
                                            and just had to say
                                               what a wonderful kick-off
                                                      to brighten a day!

Breezy trees

                    We may think of trees as straight and sedate, - 
                               sophisticates at a first glance;
                  but it looks like some days they loosen their ways,
                        nudge their companions and dance.

You and the blue

                   When you walk down to the end of the spit,
                         and it's you and the waters only, 
                  there's a moment of bliss, but don't forget this, - 
                              it also can get pretty lonely.

Remembrance

                                  A beautiful flower can bring you delight,
                            or bring heartfelt tears to your eye,
                    when someone you like has had tragedy strike,
                           and, too soon, had to say goodbye.

                                                                               (for Jonathan)

Whether feather?

                        I only know what I've seen or have read.
                       but is this what they call a feather head?

Bike ride

                   Well here goes the bike family out for a ride,
                   with daddy and mom and a kiddy each side.

Doctor's shocker

                               This fellow must be Dr Einstein,
                             you can tell by the cut of his hair;
                and look in his eyes, you would not be surprised,
                               if he gave himself a good scare!
                         

                                                                                                      (art by Stonefox)

Painter's plight

                     If paintings are fun in a wiggly state.
                 why should I bother to paint them straight?

Green machine?

                             It looks like an artist's rendition,
                               something to put in a show?
                   Some kind of machine? and why is it green?
                             I daresay we may never know.

Duet

                        I don't suppose this spider's aware
                  that his dinner and he make a beautiful pair.

Higher

                       What is it that sets every man so on fire,
                 that, wherever he is, he  must always climb higher.


                                                                                                           (at Cornerstone)

Marcher

                       Well yes, if you really like marching,
                       and the beat must be always your own,
                    I think you should know that wherever you go,
                        you may find yourself marching alone.

Patient

                           Oh Laddie, I'm sorry to see you laid low,
                                  and I know just how you feel,
                 when you find yourself ailing, with everything failing, 
                                 and have to depend on wheels.

just looking...

        Some days when you're yearning to feel more serene,
                  it's helpful, I find, to just look at a scene.

2=1?

                       I liked to believe that two could be one.
                      but I never knew how this could be done.

Leaf living

                    We don't do much dancing ourselves,
                          we're too stiff to let go that way;
                but when we've the chance to highlight the dance, 
                            It gives a nice kick to our day.

Hot seat

                       I used to have lovers who sought me out,
                               they'd sit on my bench a lot;
             they'd coo and they'd woo and they'd say I love you,
                            I guess their romance got too hot.

                                                                                                        (at Cornerstone)

Rusty

                         I don't know where he came from, 
                            but he has a nice sensitive face;
                     I hope he can find someone of his kind,
                            and discover his kind of place.

Eager retriever

                        Ah me, I think it would surely be bliss 

                          if I could still be as eager as this!

Gold!

                       What is there about the magic of gold,
                               whatever its state of repair;
                 whether crowns on a head or in tatters and shreds,
                             there still is an elegance there.

Mom Cat

                                       I guess in that wide world around us,
                                 you can find all kinds of cat;
                             but I hate to think that my little kitty
                              might have had a mother like that!

                                                                                 (art by Bonnie Himberg)

Rocky

                        He must have been just a statue,
                           made out of all those stones; 
                  then they put in those eyes and what a surprise,
                          now I would follow him home!


                                                                                                      ( at Cornerstone)

Being there...

                                   It isn't much as a photo,
                              but it says a whole lot to me:
              the palms in the breeze, looking out to the seas, -
                                 that's where I love to be!

New flower

                              I made my debut this morning,
                             and at first I was rather awed;
             but it wasn't the same when they gave me that name,
                            I could not even open my pods!

Sinner!

                          Whenever I see a face like this,
                  with that powerful force coming through it ;
               I can just hear it saying "you'd better start praying"
                      or "whatever you're planning, don't do it!" 

                                                                                                 (found at Cornerstone)

Jewelry

                      It seems to be one of Nature's best rules, -
               that each of her children shall have its own jewels.

Mirage?

                          It  could be an abstract painting,
                         a moutain, some waves on the shore; 
                     but it's only the light on some curtains,
                              an eerie reflection, no more.