Category: Poetry

Wendell Berry

September 12, 2026 | Poetry, Wendell Berry | Comments
The death of Wendell Berry Is the end of a long life-he was 92 Well lived more so than most any Brings sadness but joy too For he suffered no decline or disability Died in his sleep in his home With family surrounding Read more

Unknown Hole

August 28, 2026 | Booty Blevins, Poetry | Comments
Bob Cain and Booty Blevins Was up in North Dakota Their twentieth summer Working bird dogs They’d come up from South Georgia Where they was based at Where they lived in a single wide When not on the circuit or training on prairie  Bob was the handler Booty the scout But in truth they was both Bird dog Gypsies  Read more

A Good Bird Dog

June 19, 2026 | Poetry | Comments
A good bird dog Is a gift from God If you get one You owe it care You owe it time When young to learn To stay with you And search the front Read more

A Run-Off

June 8, 2026 | Poetry | Comments
Two handlers wake before dawn And roll from their lumpy beds In a field trial motel near the grounds Their tasks for the day are a run-off Then a two-hundred-mile-haul in their duallys pulling trailers They wish the judges had flipped a coin Given one the Championship, the other R-U Champ But no, they must instead have this Waste a day And throw everyone’s plans in a mess They grab Read more

Woodcock

May 1, 2026 | Poetry | Comments
I love woodcock pure and simple Not because they are tasty or pretty But for other virtues aplenty They are amazing for their hippy life style And courage in flying many miles  Read more