June 2010
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Images related to "Heading to Horn Island"
A teenage Barbara Ann with Grandma Terry Green on Horn Island, a long barrier island in the Gulf off the Mississippi coast.
Pa Wes and Grandma Terry hauling in some shrimp off Horn Island circa 1962.
Heading to Horn Island
Heading to Horn Island Hum of the outboard Hint of diesel Hot Mississippi sun Heading to Horn Island From Biloxi, from Ocean Springs From Pascagoula, the Singing River Almost to Horn Island Sitting up in the bow Pounding over the wake Salt spray on my face Approaching Horn Island Horizon of endless brilliance Sand sugar white Gulf lazy, azure flat Put in to Horn Island A spot all to ourselves We...
Honey Locust Invitation
Mid-May honey locust blossoms From the tall stately tree In our own front yard Like an aphrodisiac to me Like the Kama Sutra Like entangled glyphs on ancient temple walls Like ambrosia of the Greco-Roman gods Like pharaohs given baths by kohl-eyed slave girls Like Persian miniatures of sensuous beauties and minarets at sundown Like furtive looks in hookah bars from eyes slightly stoned Like...
O Hudson, My Hudson
O mighty Hudson I’ve loved you from the start Your headwaters at tiny Lake Tear of the Clouds That time I camped in your presence When it rained after I’d climbed all day Taking the less traveled stream bed To that ultimate peak, Tahawus. That night when I was alone with mournful loons After days of backpacking solo, trance-like Keeping a fire going despite a gentle drizzle Me, afraid in the...
To The Mothers (Happy Mother’s Day 2010)
To the mothers who are joyous To the mothers who are glad To the mothers who are pious To the mothers who are sad. To the mothers who are humble To the mothers who are proud To the mothers who speak softly To the mothers who cry out loud. To the mothers in their nineties To the mothers in their teens To the mothers full of passion To the mothers full of beans. To the mothers who sing with laughter...
Little Brooklyn Foxes
Me and Iris, just kids Listening to rock and roll on scratchy vinyl Listening to Murray the K on AM radio Submarine race watching Which really meant make out music ‘Though we weren’t supposed to know ‘bout that yet. We wanted to see what it was all about So we take the train to Brooklyn by ourselves To see Chuck Berry, Little Richard, Jan and Dean And some Girl Group. We were just eleven But...