Death of a Friend

Death of a Friend

Poetry deals with life,

And, love and beauty,

And, death,

And this is death,

Of a friend,

Conscious,

Intelligent,

Cogent,

Failing only in the mechanics,

Waste become poison:

What lengths are we repose to keep?

His wife now gone he will not weep,

E’en now he sits till his life ends,

Tween two young men, and fonder friends,

They joke and talk of days of fall,

And, winter kills upon his wall,

With meat to sup, and family fun,

And joy, the birth, a great-grandson!

We men with tosh we tarry forth,

We thump our chests and travel north,

Or south, or east or west to hide,

We keep our strength; we have our pride,

Now, that’s OK, we say to him,

You’ve shown us how to fill the brim,

With love from God who filled your cup,

Your gentle life has filled us up,

We pray in death your wife you see,

In loving Christ’s eternity!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 25, 2014

Red Ruby Rattle

Red Ruby Rattle

Ruby red rattle,

Red clover renegade,

Regular army,

Regional retrograde,

Register redbird,

Repell, repent, reprove,

Revese and refuse,

Reprise, reprint, remove,

Red rover reveal,

Relearn the relevant,

Roller and roister,

Retain the reverent!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 22, 2014

Capturing Quiet

Capturing Quiet

Capturing quiet,

How is done,

With ice on the world,

Nobody moves,

No one wants to move,

Ice storms,

Oh, yeah,

Circles around every stem,

It enraptures me,

It captures me,

It lures me toward stillness,

Rare and wonderful,

I am drawn,

I yearn,

At times,

I need,

Ice,

Clear,

Clean,

Silence!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 17, 2014

Grandkids

Grandkids

If you have no grandkids, yet, then let me set you straight,

It’s wonderf’ller,  it’s wonderf’ller, it’s downright giddy great!

Don’t get me wrong; these kids are strong and goofy many times,

They’ll bang on pots, and cry a lots, and, Yes, they’ll ring your chimes.

They know the rules and they’re no fools, they have what you have got,

Their pool of genes are rearranged to put you on the spot,

Don’t ever, ever worry much you have the upper hand,

You’ve been around the block yourself, and that they understand.

We know all that, and after that it’s all so candy sweet,

The socks on boys, and tights on girls, those tiny little feet,

Oh coo, and stare, and reach to you, with baby; toddler style,

There is no greater joy on earth; they look at you and smile!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 17, 2014

Sixty-Pne

Sixty-One

Sixty-one,

It is fun!

No disease,

What a breeze,

God above,

Wife you love,

She’s my girl,

Head a twirl,

Children grasp,

A spouse they clasp,

Girls and boys,

Grandchilden joys,

True joy unfurled,

Oh, what a world!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 13, 2014

Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape

Winter Landscape,

Untouched,

Unblemished,

Swept only by shadow and sun,

Feather dusted,

Snow upon snow,

Stark blacks in wintered trees,

Bright breeze,

Winter whites,

Brilliant blue,

I love a world,

Tinged with blue!

Peter Lowell Paulson

February 11, 2014