Silent-Beauty-white!

Silent Beauty-white! Quatrain!
 
Soft-fall snow-fluff Silent Beauty-white!
Alabaster-pale full moon blur shadow-night
Stir ice-sculpted frigid-waves blue-tinge sight
Critter sheltered warm---And, I…beside the fire

Amen! 

Winter-tree! Aah!

 Winter-tree! Quatrain!

Witness skeleton-bare quintessence of the winter-tree

If thee appreciate "reality" ye sings a sacred spirit-free

Truth like celestial-structure triumphs any evil "Lies"

Wrapped secure in its protective banner Magic flies

Amen!

Love-shadow!

 Love-shadow! Quatrain!

 

Aah! Mother in her nature regal Royal robe stark

Shade color-hue Red-Yellow-Orange focus-blend

Woodland-guard sentinels portend bucolic park

Embrace-yon-Peace!---Appreciate!...Spirit-suspend!

 

Amen!

Thunder-echo!

 

Thunder-echo! Quatrain!

 

Syncopated cadenced-beat yon Thunder-echo!

Steed-herd flashes the emerald meadow! Oh!

Spring’s fillies and colts concur a subtle blur!

Rain-fresh reprieve to settle yonder dusty stir!

 

Amen!

Appreciation! Peace! Amen!

 Peace! Quatrain!

Perpetual nuanced-Appreciation results Love!-Peace!

To eternal-partake requires evil-Hate must now cease

To hold-harm for any enemy be my transgression-sin

Should one despise me? I'll Love like a true friend!

Amen! 

Spring-time eternal!

 

Spring Hope!-Eternal! Quatrain!

 

Gentle-soft sweet liquid-warm Rebirth-by-life

Crystal raindrop sun-catcher prism pattern pure

Winter fades to triumphant Warmth supplanting strife

Bucolic verdant emerald  meadow visions ensure

 

Amen!

Winter-lament!

 

Winter-lament! Quatrain!

 

Howl! Death-call Oh! wicked-winter-wind

Deep-snow two-days below the zero mark

Pale hint-of-yellow-sun denied by clouds

Planted cold-frame seeds to Spring pretend

 

Amen!

Vixen-track! Quatrain!

 

A Vixen-line track! Quatrain!

 

He showed the boy a straight-line vixen-track

Gentle smell-yon-wind to tally tingle-snow

Respect self in venue-bucolic Appreciation-show

Mother Nature Love begot 12k planted tree-knack 

Amen!

Wisdom-choice! Quatrain!

 

Wisdom-choice! Quatrain! (+ 1)
 
Shall soon come yon damsel-Flame to tuck-it
Against all social-winds a-purpose will chuck-it
A trace-split choose “evil”-left or true-right
Open-eyes and mind easy reveal crystal-sight
Of Wisdom-choice “Charity” will not muck-it
 
Amen!

Cadence-count! Quatrain!

 Cadence-count! Quatrain!

 

Cadence-beat “a-b-c-b” pattern rhyme

Yon subtle Whisper-wind tale-story

Of candle-wax and flutter-by wings

One nomadic Savior-Hero ever-Glory!

 

Amen!

Whisper-wind! Quatrain!

 

Whisper-wind! Quatrain!

 

Soft-sings Whisper-wind spring gentle-rain

Wild-twist summer-storm flash-thunder

Texture-silk regal-royal Autumnal-wonder

Harsh-howl north-winter ice-chill refrain

 

Amen!

Tally-Sum!

 

Tally!-Sum!Quatrain!

 

Eon Pleasure-Blessed gold-comfort fun!

Lament-not me-absence ’morrow chance!

Good profit-plus tally-count-sum Done!

Celebrate Life!-Love! Peace! Enhance!

 

Amen!

1 last Valentine thought! Yeah!

 

“Lucky” Chucky Valentine!

(a loving Valentine Day “Heart”-fel limerick)

 

I once knew a “Hero” from Boston named “Chucky”!

His adoring friends monickered him Mr. “Lucky”!

A health issue brought him to Lovely Mindy-“nurse”!

Not every evil ailment results a wholly tragedy-curse!

“Valentine” Mindy makes his heart thump just “ducky”!

 

(Don’t tell his Angel-wife Sharon!)

 

Amen!

 

(Note: Just a thought! A real friend would at least take me to meet Mindy!?)

(“Appropriate” pictures might suffice!? Send in a “plain-brown” envelope)

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

 
Lovely-Lady Candice Leah & “me”

Happy Valentine's Day! (Part 4 of 4)

 Happy Valentine’s Day! (2025)

 

Valentines! Lovers! Chocolates! Red & Yellow roses!

Pure crystal heart-prism color-hues sparkle discloses

 

Red and white stars blossom-flow unicorn’s Magic-tail

Like February snowflakes descending a swirling-swale

 

Tender heart-wishes! Gentle-hugs fading to passion- kisses!

A dozen! A box! Love! Presented to pretty Miss and Misses

 

Vague hint-of-dawn eastern-horizon promise-come-light

Mid-morn respite filigree-shade in ancient-maple delight

Warrant comfort-warm under a high noon sun-apex site

A median-day ice-cream Cool treat refreshing sweet-bite

Mom’s delectable supper invite soft-violet shadow-invite

Deep-purple shading-to-black obscuring fading twi-night

To fathom Love-dreamscapes beyond a Fantasy midnight

Cosmos-soar Magic-unicorn on a star-canopy venue-sight

Dare! Live! Love! & Laugh! “Wish” enchanted! I might!

 

And---when I was Innocent…I embraced a venue young-fashion

In yonder free-spirit development---Wild-grew…a Love-passion

Came an auburn----Beauty!-Gorgeous!...A handsome boy dashing

 

In a fury-cacophonous against an escarpment ocean-Measure!

Thunder-trample herd-gallop o’re emerald-meadow Treasure!

Temper golden sun! Inhale Freedom-air! A Liberty-Pleasure!

 

“Once”-a-calendar-year visits the St. Valentine’s dream

But? Why-not?---Every  day?..Appreciation-supreme!?

 

Only that (simple-humble) I might meander Love’s awesome-wonder

Free-spirit scene Prairie! Summit! Ocean! Adventure-wander

 

Each Blessed-day a holy-sacred addendum to blissful-eternity

Yet another chance-opportunity for Love-Appreciation of-Thee

 

“Thank thee!” simple words pale as a proper “Love!”-expression

In pure-Truth!---“I love you!”…A more proper Love!-impression

 

Happy Valentine’s Day!

Lovely-Lady Candice Leah

 

Eternal –Love! Carl Edward

Happy Valentine's Day! (Part 3 of 4)

 Happy Vaentine’s Day! (2025)

 

Chocolate heart-treat! Sugar-Candy-sweet!

 

Sparkle sun-shaft catcher Love Measure!

High-noon comfort-warm embrace Treasure!

Alabaster-pale full-moon shadow Pleasure!

 

Where ’ere I go terrestrial Thee be in me heart!

2-spirits-in-1 Love-Fantasy desire never part!

 

“I do!” “I will!” “I have!” “I shall!” Pledge-vow sacred!

Secret-dream spirit-rapture Perfect! Family!-created!

 

In yonder pale hint-of-day horizon dawning

Red-orange orb a-rising morning-promise

Filigree-shade cooling mid-morn respite

I live south of comfort-warm high-noon

Enjoy ice-cream Cool-treat in afternoon

Soft-violet shadow to deep purple eve

Night vanquishes day in ole game-of-tag

Midnight dreamscape Unicorn-Fantasy

Blue-white diamond-crystal dark-canopy

 

And---in each nuanced-instant…I Love Thee!

Time-through-space plus another Eternity!

 

In yonder golden sun bright!

Under alabaster full moon light!

’Neath blue-green sea light!

Summit-high Innocent-white!

Over prairie-wide open-sight!

Upon escarpment sentinel height!

On soft-white cloud puff delight!

Across wide river swirling might!

Thee!---& me!...Eternal Love-site!

 

I spied yon maiden Beauty-Gorgeous girl!

Thee quick-caught me in thy Love-spell!

She “wished upon-a-Magic-Lucky star”!

Careful! Might get that “wish” come true!

My part!? Poetry! Rhyme-in-a-row boat”!

 

Ever now! Forever more!---I Love Thee!...Candice Leah!

 

Happy Valentine’s Day! Eternal Love! Carl Edward

Happy Valentine's Day! (Part 2 of 4)

 Happy Valentine’s Day! (2025)
 
Sings yon Whisper-wind tender-heart Passion
A “Spirit-filled-with-Love” emotional-fashion
 
Fantasy symbols Hearts! Red-rose satin-buds
Golden arrows loosed fly from amorous cherubs
 
Target tender Love-desire urge deep in pure heart
Relationships kindled in sweetheart’s respect-part
 
Rainbows slip-slide Love-salutations in affection Measure
Butterflies golden flitter-by stirring appreciation Treasure
Unicorns “magic”-whispers clarion a celebration Pleasure
 
2-hearts passion-joined south of golden high sun noon
Frolic in soft-shadows under alabaster-pale full moon
 
Ocean surf-waves beach-break cadenced white bliss
Blue-white twinkle dark canopy-sparkle passion-kiss
 
Chill downhill “swish”-rush below summit bright-white
Cedar-log on the fire precludes high thin-chill winter night
 
Stirs crisp snow drifts wind-sculpted frozen sparkle-glistens
Enraptured-embrace comfort secures “sweet-nothing” listens
 
Twin sentinel escarpment-towers Pacific wide-blue Magic-protect
’Tis Life-Love sublime where Fantasy!-Magic!-“Reality”! intersect
 
Upon yon Whisper-wind swirls crystal-queries dancing “Love”---Why?
’Tis “Magic” Passion-fashion Belief  like Unicorns “Know how-to-fly!”
 
 Magic-Belief for naïve pure-Love to Dare-Hope “Wish-upon-a-star”!
Warm-comfort Candy-sweet cupid-arrow true-targets me heart afar
 
Caty! Graig! Z.! Jen! Lexi! Gabriella Leigh! Master Asher Cade!
Becky! Alex! Lauren! Annie! Love! Life! Appreciation! Persuade!
 
Candy-sweet! I Believe in Fantasy Unicorns! Butterflies! & Rainbows!
Your secret “Wish-upon-a--star”?---Wow!...”I do true-Love you so!”
 
Thy wish came True!---Magic! Wins!... We’re Faith! Family! Freedom! -wed!
Then! Now! Eternal!---Happy Valentine’s Day!...Thank you! Carl Edward!
 
Amen!

(Part 2 of 4)

Happy Valentine's Day! (1 of 4)

 Valentine-magic! (2025)

 

I came upon a unicorn ensnared in a sticker bramble bush.

Soon freed “Magic” with a secret-wish and a gentle-push.

 

“How came ye to be entrapped in such an awful way?”

“I wasn’t tethered, only waiting for you my way-to-stray.”

 

“I be ‘Child-Innocence’ out and about adventure-bound.”

His eye crystal-twinkle smile said I had adventure-found.

 

“Ye can welcome join me on this sojourn Fantasy-flight!”

Unicorn whinny-neighed at my Innocent-naïve plight.

 

“Hmm!? Seems your perspicacious-insight is my disadvantage?”

“Wisdom-is-Intelligence when the mentor the student can manage!”

 

“But! Sir!---Enough of mental-games!...I seek Love! & Peace!”

“And I provide a Whisper-echo simple-trace for Life to increase!”

 

“Then? Did the Angel-choir ‘sing’ thee for me  to intercept?”

“‘Magic’ might best easy explain our meeting in introspect.”

 

“My words I must think-to-form then speak for thee to hear.

“But, thy reply comes Magic ‘mind-to-mind’ in crystal -clear.”

 

“Thee are nuance-sensitive to the Whisper-Innocence Magic-whim!

“Focus-Attention begets Love-Appreciation of Seraphim & Cherubim!”

 

“Ye be a powerful unicorn with wide-wings to lightning-fly!”

“Where? Choose a special venue and we’ll traverse blue sky!”

 

“I cherish deep the Awesome past but anticipate a Magic-future Measure!”

“Well! Wanderer! The ‘Joy is in the Journey!’ Magic-present Treasure!”

“I pure-Dare join thee, Unicorn, to ‘Explore-the-adventure!’ Pleasure!”

 

Leisure-traverse just a tad south of yon comfort-warm high sun noon!

Shadow-navigate a blue-white sparkle canopy alabaster-pale full moon!

 

“I did not ‘chance’ to free thee from the ‘arranged’ capture-incumbrance?”

“No! Twas Spirit-Magic pre-scripted! A necessary purposed Non-chalance!”

 

Embrace yon golden sun! Enjoy shadowed moonlight! Live! Love! Play!

Sing loud yonder Whisper-wind adventure-Wild! Happy Valentine’s Day!

 

Amen!

(Part 2 of 4 Tomorrow)

Happy Birthday! Caty! Yea! Celebrate!

Happy Birthday! Caty!
(February 11, 2025! Yea! Celebrate!)
 
Another Amazing tally/count to a Fabulous-score!
A stroll-down-memory-lane, then add even more!
 
A warm 70’s-degree day Mom was ready to paint!
Darlin’ Baby-girl decided to be born, instead.
Daddy off to A & P to work-away-the-day.
Kermit called to say we had a beautiful brand new girl!
Catherine Elizabeth! Great-grandmother names repurposed.
“Yellow-blanket” and a red “Radio-flyer” wagon gifts!
Came home between classes to rock our little child.
Took convertible rides for “cheap” entertainment thrills.
Loved “Fury” with Joey and Pee Wee on television.
Loved horseys so we got Lady with tack when Caty was 4!
Ole Santa brought a “youth” saddle with bridle and pad.
That girl could ride “like-the-wind” by the time she was 5!
Dad let her ride alone and she got a broken collar bone!
Taught her to bluegill-fish on a warm February day.
Beth caught “22” while Dad scored “0” at ole Fox Lake!
Played games! Told stories! Traveled! Had tons-of-Fun!
Spent a fortune on “Little golden” books and read them all!
Mom soon knew each one by heart! “Listen hear the whistle blow”!
Sophisticated! Gorgeous! “Brush! Step! Ball! Chain1!” Dance!
Asride Lady-Belle she chased the neighbor man onto his patio!
Rescued an old “Teddy-bear” from the Good-will dumpster!
Built a new home with view and very Cool swimming pool!
Loved new sister, Rachel Rebecca! Becky-girl! Amazing!
Pets! Galore! Puppy-dogs! Kitty-cats! The horse-herd grew!
Lady! Commander! Midget! Little-Lady! Beau! April! Ara! More!
An Intellectual-Star in school! Dad had never gotten a single “A”!?
“Straight-A” Cardinal ball-tickets for both genius Caty & Becky!
Played softball! Coached! Drove Dad’s pick-up truck by age “12”!
Mowed “acres” of yard-lawn and helped with myriad farm chores!
Took “Journalism” college courses and managed to get a “by-line”!
Horses! Saddles! Bikes! T-top sports-cars! Picnics! Fashions! More!
“1^st”-of-2 Best gifts: Handsome Z. Tyler! 2^nd-of-the-duo: Gorgeous Lexi!
Willamette Law-school! Vanderbilt!---A Barrister!...Success! So Proud!
Illinois!-to-Pacific-Oregon!-to-Papa’s Nashville, Tennessee-to-home.
Our Best! even Better!---Gabriella Leigh! Asher Cade!...Love-celebration!
With---All!...Graig! Jennifer! Alex! Professor-Lauren! Ph.D. Annie Rie!
Love! & Appreciation!---Perfect!-practiced!...Amen!
Golden sunshine comfort days and alabaster pale full moon shadow nights!
We’ve seen and touched and been and forever shall future be adventure sights!

Beauty! Daughter! Wife! Mother! Lawyer! Perfect-Lady!

Best: Gabriella & Asher loving call of "Grandma Caty"!

Happy Birthday! “Grandma” Caty!  Thank you! Love, Mom & Papa 

Happy Birthday! Sister Sharon! Yea!

 Happy Birthday! Sister Sharon!

(February 10, 2025 Yea! Celebrate!)

Happy Birthday! Sister Sharon!

All living creatures "Thank you" for carin'

Beauty is a red-bird or a horse's echo-thunder!

Puppy-dogs & kitty-cats are God'a Awesome-wonder!

I Love the critters! In that we're Darin'!

Happy Birthday! Celebrate!

Candy & Carl

Family news! Wow!

 "Jet"-setters! Hmm!

"Professor" Lauren moving into new "digs" 

with help of "Mom & Dad" in Durham, N.C.!

Lexli-Lu toured Florida Ph.D. school; home today!

Annie Rie off to Chicago for Ph.D. "look-see" next week!

Gabriella gets a full year jump on kindergarten.

"Happy" Asher Cade growing like-a-weed!

Handsome Z.  Tyler & Beauty Jen doing Amazing!

So Proud! & Happy for all of them!

Amen!

P.S.-Nanny! I will take you to "Wartburg"!? Hmm!?

Love, Nanny & Bapa

Grandma's Birthday! "126"!!! Wow! Sorry she's not here!

 A "Tally-Count"!

Oh! Dear!---The years!...They do add-up!

Grandma Alida would celebrate 126 years, today!

I'll do it for her and in her fine memory! Amen!

Cake for your Birthday! Grandma!

Thanks for your time! Love! Satisfying memories!

Yeah! I love you! Always have! Always will!

And---I 'll...never forget you and all the others!

Happy 126th Birthday! Grandma!

Oh!---If you could witness me now!?...I wonder!? Hmm!?

Love, Your Grandson! Carl

Amen!

Winter?---NOT!...Over!?

 Winter!?

70's this week!?---Snow!...Coming next week! Brr!

Spring!?---is...awaited! Oh! Yeah!

Guess?---I'll just wait?...a little longer! Cool!? Hmm!?

Amen!

Valentine's Day children's book!

Valentines Day!

Working on Book # 25 children's book.

Gabriella Leigh and Asher Cade with Miss Penelope

"Friends" join the trio along with a Magic unicorn.

The group designs and colors Valentine cards.

It's a Love-Appreciation party benefitting All!

The series continues celebrating Valentine's Day!

Amen!

Yet---another...holy-sacred Trinity! Amen!

Love!---Is our Magic!...Hope! Amen!

Circa 1953 in a black-'n-white photo of a 5-year-old 

boy donned in western motif, including cowboy hat 

and six-guns in a double holster sitting on a wooden 

fence with two horses and a barn in the background!

While that "child" had tallied quite some decades to 

the count, his Curious-Innocence remains in tact.

Thank you! Lovely-Lady Candice Leah! My "Angel"!

Says she "Wished-upon-a-star!" most secret desires!

She had the timeless photo enlarged and framed! Wow!

Such icon soars my Spirit-for-Life/Love adventure!

It's the little nuances! Indeed! Appreciation!

Love is our Magic-Hope! Amen!

Dare! Join me on a Fantasy unicorn cosmos-sojourn!

Happy Valentine-month!

Amen!

Hugs! Kisses! Valentine hearts! Yea!

Love!

Ain't Love  grand!---Perfect!...Appreciate!

Instead of clouds---Smell the freshness!...Slide color Rainbows!

It could be Love!---Accept it or reject it!...Your choice!

They can't ruin my day!---My choice!...Attitude!

Have a GREAT day!---I will!...I choose to Appreciate!

Bright! Sunny! Golden-comfort! Delightful! Wow!

Hugs & kisses! Happy Valentine's month! Gladden-a-heart!

Amen!

Spiritual "Magic"! Amen!

 "Love" is our spiritual-Magic!

Appreciated the preacher's message on "Love" this morning!

"Love" is---Indeed!...our spiritual Magic! Amen!

How very appropriate for the February Valentine-month!

Amen!

Spirit-"whisper"! Aah!

 Appreciate!

Me spirit Appreciates a Fantasy-Magic quintessence-venue!

Live! Love! Laugh!

Rainbows! Butterflies! Unicorns!

Faith! Family Freedom!

Holy-sacred Trinities! "I Love each of you!"

Amen!