Sunday, June 24, 2012

Pistol Packin' Preacher


In the rough frontier days of the United States, it was common for a preacher to service several rural villages and/or unorganized settlements. The names, “Saddlebag Preacher” and “Circuit Rider”, were common titles by which they were known.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

The Flag

In the United States, June 14th is celebrated as Flag Day. It commemorates the adoption of the flag for the United States. The date was officially proclaimed in 1916. With our Independence Day celebration, July 4th, a couple of week away, a special poem seemed appropriate.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Fat Rat Cat


It isn’t every day that you will get to read a poem about a rat. Yes, you read that correctly, the rodent . . . . . a rat!