January 2021
June Crawford Sanders
juneinca@aol.com
juneinca@aol.com
Bio Note: I live in Northern California on a mountainside where deer, wild turkeys, foxes,
and sometimes a bobcat, coyote, or bear wander out of the forest and often disappear while I run to find
a camera or a pen (the inky, not the cage-y kind). A tiny Texas great-niece asks "how does she keep from
sliding off her mountain?" Answer: I watch clouds, birds, and write poems.
New Year’s Thoughts
Black-eyed peas and turnip greens
Loaves and little fishes
Would give the world a whole lot more
Than empty hope and wishes
Magic tricks and pickup sticks
Amuse us for a while
But truth and love and friendship
Will not go out of style
We can walk together holding hands
Create bonfires out of sparks
Let love and kindness be our guide
And whistle thru the dark
Do Re Mi
Eight does and fawns move
single-file across the yard
the little ones kick up their heels
and send snowflakes flying,
leaping imaginary fences.
©2021 June Crawford Sanders
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