Poetry

Gardening

Daddy tilled the lot beside our house With a horse and plow each year. A full day's work, that plowing was With rocks making it hard to steer. We worked from daybreak until dark When planting time came around, With Daddy watching the moon's phase To put seed in the ground. My brother shoveled, I… Continue reading Gardening

Poetry

Red Lights

"Daddy, what does that girl see in him?" I asked my Dad one day. "Red lights, I reckon," he replied; That's all that he would say. I sat there, pondering life's odd twists As I gazed upon the pair. "You know she'd have to," Daddy said, "Or she'd have not stopped there!" copyright © 1998… Continue reading Red Lights

Poetry

Roosters

"She lived beside the railroad track Where the train came through each day. When it killed her favorite rooster, She demanded that they pay." "They told her she could ride for free Until they had paid their debt; For forty years, she rode that train, And I'd say their paying yet!" "You ran over my… Continue reading Roosters

Poetry

Traffic

Pigeon Forge was just a lazy town When my Daddy was a lad; A dirt road led to Gatlinburg And traffic was never bad. Daddy never could quite figure Why folks flocked to his hometown, Just to sit for hours in traffic From sunup until sundown. He'd shake his head in wonderment, Saying he'd just… Continue reading Traffic

Poetry

Turpentine

"A dose will cure you," Dad would say, And we'd think, "Cure or kill?' He dosed us up with turpentine; He thought that it would heal. "But I'm not sick!" we all would whine, We'd plead and beg and cry. "I know you ain't!" he answered back; "This here's the reason why!" A drop in… Continue reading Turpentine

Poetry

Bluff Mountain

"What's that mountain called?" they ask As it stands stark against the sky. Glancing towards the smaller peak, "It's called Bluff Mountain," I reply. As larger ridges arrest their gaze, Bluff Mountain retains my own. A precious memory captures my heart, When Daddy took me there alone. Then I was just a little girl Traipsing… Continue reading Bluff Mountain