Walking In The Wind there is something specialabout walking in the windit is refreshing... rejuvenating...everything looks differentfeels different, is different on a windy daythe sound of the windblowing through the treescreates its own melodythe fallen leaves rustleas you walk through themthe air is coolera sign of the winter weather to come just walking alongremembering childhood... Continue Reading →
No Place Like You In 76 years of livingI've been to a lot of placesand seen a lot of thingsbut I have never founda place like you I've been on the tops of mountainsand been swimming in the deep blue seabut they will never compareto a place like you I've stood at the edge of... Continue Reading →
The Year Without Thanksgiving The calendar says it's Thanksgivingover 257,000 people deadfrom the coronavirus this yearbodies stored in refrigerated trucksno space in morgues or funeral homes CDC says don't travel this yearno large gatheringshospitals are out of bedsrunning out of suppliesdoctors, nurses and first respondersare exhausted millions are out of workon the brink of being... Continue Reading →
When You're My Age age has a way of letting you knowyou're not as youngas you used to be you're supposed to feel grown upbut I just feel old life is full of questionswhen I was your ageI thought I had all the answersI have no answers now at my ageI'm grown upbut it sure... Continue Reading →
Hello Donald Hello Donaldit's me againyour conscience are you almost done sulking?you really do need to concedeJoe beat you fair and square you're hurting the country Donaldby not starting the transitionand trying to overturn the election but of course you never did carewho you hurt257,000 dead Americansbecause you didn't dowhat needed to be done you... Continue Reading →
Who Else Could I Be I am mejust meI don't try to belike anyone else I'm happybeing meI don't compare myselfwith others I have my poetry and my musicmy lovely wifemy 3 sons, their wivesand my grandsons I don't want to beanyone elsebecause I'm mejust me ~The Tennessee Poet~©Walt Page 2020 All Rights Reserved
Shadows they are always with usthey are a part of ussometimes in back of ussometimes in front our kids have them, animals toobuildings, treeseverything we seecast shadows shadows follow usdisappearingreappearinga part of us aging as we agedoing everything we dolaughing, cryingliving and dying and when we dieour shadows live onour spirits never dieand are always... Continue Reading →
A Melody a sweet melody could be hearddrifting slowly along on the windit was familiaryet I couldn't recognize it A calmness swept over meas the notes soothed my soulI closed my eyes, letting the melodycarry me along on the wind something about the melodywas bringing back memoriesmemories of earlier poemsI had written years ago I... Continue Reading →
Midnight Ocean midnightat the oceanwaves lapping the shore you and I holding handswalkingdancingembracing a full moona starry skythe scent ofnight blooming jasmine sand crabsscurrying on the beacha beautiful nightand we're in love ~The Tennessee Poet~©Walt Page 2020 All Rights Reserved
