In Flanders Fields

and in magazine issue

By John McCrae In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now …

Everyone’s Got a Hang-Up

and in magazine issue

By MARILYN HALVORSON Seems everyone’s got a hang-up these daysSo neurotic they all need a shrinkBut the kind of hang-up I’m talking aboutCan mess you up quick as a wink It happened one day with the buckskinOne tall drink of water, that horseI rode her out to check cattleAnd had gates to …

Roll a Smoke

and in magazine issue

The colt just stood and trembled, as sweat began to soak,Then wisely said the cowboy, “It’s time to roll a smoke.”I puzzled at his meaning and of the works he said,I never knew tobacco rings to curl about his head.But as the calm invaded the pen that we were in,That colt eased up and joined …

The Tree

and in magazine issue

Pine tree, I remember when I saw you years ago, We was trailin’ cattle up this mountain through the snow. As I rode by, my stirruped boot just barely brushed your top, I was ridin’ drag, so I thought that I would stop And look at you for a moment and wonder if I’d …