• A Cr-When
  • A Crash Of Rhinoceros
    When Adam when out to name the animals He sat on a rock and he figured, Horse and cow and goat and sheep, Were the best names that he could deliver But Eve look...
  • A Simple Change Of Heart
    There has never been a day When the world wasn't new, When the sun didn't rise, Or the light breaks on through Things might get a little worse, Before they get ...
  • A Small Flashlight
    The way is dark up ahead of me The way is dark and I cannot see What I love the most is a flashlight beam, Lighting up the way when I cannot see The way unfold...
  • Before And After
    The dust settles after a hit and run Bewildered by the damage done I don't know why we choose the roads we travel Or how a life could get so unraveled We live ...
  • Close Your Eyes
    I believe we're born good from the start And we come equipped with a piece of God in our hearts But the world exacts a hard and bitter cost And some of us get o...
  • Coy Dogs
    There have been too many leavings to list in one place Too many arrivals to ever retrace And all who have wandered have not fallen from grace, Just done a few t...
  • Do No Harm
    John Roth had a heart like flame, he believed all souls were loved the same He packed up his hopes and his family and moved to Ohio There in the deep dark wild...
  • Ghost Train
    I came upon an essay about mysterious natural phenomena and the stories people have Told over the years to explain them I've always been fascinated by light, my...
  • Hold On
    I've been drivin' down this road Five times this week It's almost as if these farm fields Could speak to me A hungry lion's been prowlin' Outside my door these...
  • Hush
    You can rest your head upon my heart, And we'll curl into a question mark, And I'll hold you in the arms of Hush, And love will have to be enough There's a tim...
  • I Do Not Know Its Name
    He leaned in and whispered as he turned the page, And he said "Make yourself into a flame" A crazy old lion with his hair all backlit, Grinnin' like a little bo...
  • I Meant To Do My Work Today
    I meant to do my work today, So many plans I had made I'd check the mail, I'd make the calls Save the world and sweep the hall, Finally get my accounting done, ...
  • I Should've Known Better
    Been a long time comin' And the cards were stacked It's been a long hard road To hell and back Your love meant trouble from the day we met You won every hand an...
  • I Shouldve Known Better
    I believe we're born good from the start And we come equipped with a piece of God in our hearts But the world exacts a hard and bitter cost And some of us get o...
  • I Wish I May I Wish I Might
    Sweet Corn Days in Oakland City, The Apple Fest in Nappanee, The Blueberry Cavalcade, The Sacred Heart Polish Days, Oktoberfest in Rensselaer, Marshmallow Days ...
  • I'll Go Too
    When I was young I often said That there were ugly things beneath my bed I'd slip downstairs when I got scared Into the safety of Dad's easy chair That chair wa...
  • If Not Now
    If not now, tell me when If not now, tell me when We may never see this moment Or place in time again If not now, if not now, tell me when I see sorrow and tro...
  • Just a Little Hand
    Just a little hand can be a great big help It can make a big difference And there's a better plan than to do this ourselves There is another point of reference ...
  • My True Name
    Let me call you darlin', maybe call you sweetheart Don't you hate it when they call you Louise But isn't it scary, when they want to call you Mary A whore, or a...
  • One Good Turn
    Where do we start How do we proceed It's been such a long time Just to sit here and bleed It's hard enough to see you A bit of a surprise This bittersweet feeli...
  • Something Worth Fighting For
    There's stormy seas this side of heaven No guarantees of reaching shore Well I'm not perfect and you're no better But this is something worth fighting for We go...
  • Stones In The River
    There's a crack in the glass where the water gets out There's a dusty wind when the heart's in drought And the map of the world looks as if true north, Disappea...
  • Take It Around Again
    Too hot to sleep in this room tonight Just too restless to try I've been folding my prayers into paper airplanes Leaning out the window and watching them fly Mu...
  • The Length of My Arms
    I've always had long arms and my sleeves never fit And my mother would worry about my dangling wrists and I never grew to tall, but it did me no harm To never g...
  • The Moon Over Tucson
    I've always had long arms and my sleeves never fit And my mother would worry about my dangling wrists and I never grew to tall, but it did me no harm To never g...
  • The Moon over Tuscon
    We just can't help it so we do it again We just gun the gas and let the wheels spin It's true and I've heard it said We're not so very far from the back of our ...
  • The Razor's Edge
    There's a shifting of the shadows down along the woods There's an echo of a gun down in the hollow The neighbor's dog is barking like a wild thing that's been c...
  • The Razors Edge
    We just can't help it so we do it again We just gun the gas and let the wheels spin It's true and I've heard it said We're not so very far from the back of our ...
  • This Long
    I don't know why I can't say no I guess I should But I can't let go Anyday I'll be all right But not tonight But come away from the window and close the blind A...
  • When One Door Closes
    I don't know why I can't say no I guess I should But I can't let go Anyday I'll be all right But not tonight But come away from the window and close the blind A...
  • When One Door Closes (another Door Opens Wide)
    When one door closes another door opens wide It's hard to believe all of the locked doors I've tried And you can't pray for what you want or what you'd have ins...