Father's Day 2011

River

Birds singing

completely beautifully

feeling like a king

touching waters wetness

cool, warm waters

the feel of wellness

calm fathers

- Bethany Williams

(Thanks to Cathy)

Gathering Leaves

Gathering Leaves

Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.

But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.

I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

- Robert Frost, 1923

"May I please stay one more minute?"