william-a-poppen
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Alfalfa Harvest
It is possible / To fall asleep / In a hay wagon
30
May 24
A Flash of Yellow
There may be many / More or fewer / For who knows our future
22
May 22
Has This Become a Habit?
Each morning, I feel this pull / Hello Poetry beckons a click, a sign in / Should I read? I nag at myself
10
Apr 29
What Will Be Missed?
The iron strips are molded into a chair / Warm from springtime sunshine / Today, confronted, like all of us,
13
Apr 26
Gallery Visit
She walks among plates of beauty, / etched with details of passion, / molded with distortions of reality.
19
Apr 1
Shadows
Wind chimes sing a song / Sun streams through the screens / On the porch
13
Mar 26
Shadows
Wind chimes sing a song / Sun streams through the screens / On the porch
13
Mar 26
Discomfort
Foremost among life's challenges / is living with guilt / Self-reproach that taunts
21
Mar 23
Pages Unread/Pages Unwritten
Aging arms / splotched with purple and red / signs of tangling
41
Nov 1, 2025
Another Way
Late in the evening, / we toil over / how to remedy
27
Oct 23, 2025
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