BASEBALLS IN HEAVEN?

I wonder--are there Baseballs in Heaven?
Planning to go there is a father's task;
My son loves to play "pitch and catch'
----So I just thought I'd stop and ask.

I wonder if there are Baseballs in Heaven?
(Baseball means so much to us guys you know)
Guess I'll say a prayer before we get there
If Heaven has Baseballs--we sure want to go!
2010 by DRR
Member Academy of American Poets

BASEBALLS IN HEAVEN?

I wonder--are there Baseballs in Heaven?
Planning to go there is a father's task;
My son loves to play 'pitch and catch'
---So I just thought I'd stop and ask.

I wonder if there are Baseballs in Heaven?
Baseball means so much to us guys you know;
Guess I'll say a prayer, before we get there
If Heaven has Baseballs--we sure want to go.
2010 by DRR

BLUE-BONNET ECSTASY

God took His finest blue azure thread
Angels wove it with satin circle-ettes;
He sprinkled them over emerald Texas fields
And God called them---Texas Bluebonnets.

God made oceans of His finest flowers
He flung them far as the Eyes of Texas could see;
A reflection of the blue Lone Star State skies
He called the spectacle: "Blue-Bonnet Ecstasy".
Douglas Raymond Rose
Grand Prairie, Tx.
Member Academy of American Poets
Member Texas State Historical Association

BLUEBONNET ECSTASY

THE TEXAS LONE STAR BAR CHURCH(A Texas Tale)

The Cowboy preacher was a 'preachin'
-----His round face rumpled and red--
"Now lay those pistols down here boys"
'Cuz we're havin' church in here" he said.
The Texas Lone Star Bar grew quiet
Ok now--we're going to stop and pray
-----"O Lord" said the Cowboy Preacher
Touch this bad bunch of boys today."
They say they don't need a church Lord
But we know that You think they do--
So right now God, I'll give a hunnerd bucks
------And I know all these guys will too!
Lord, you know my horse is fast and furious
And I'm real handy with raw cowboy ropes--
So make these fellas mighty generous, Lord
----As I pass my hat among these Cow-pokes.
Soon the offering was Texas Lone Star history
Cowboys at gunpoint--their best buck did give;
---That's how Pecos City got their church-house
'The Lord taketh away--and the Lord doth give!"
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Member Academy of American Poets
Member Texas State Historical Association

THE WONDER OF EASTER

Witness the Wonder of Easter
It's powerful presence is here;
With the singing of early birdsong
-----And red tulips hovering near.
God writes the promise of new life
In every greening leaf we see;
Not only in holy books alone
-----But in Springtime's jubilee.
So relish the rustle of emerald leaves
Watch the waxen Easter lilies unfold;
Witness the wonderful Wonder of Easter
-----That shall never ever grow old.
2010 by Douglas Raymond Rose
Grand Prairie,TX
Member Academy of American Poets