Illinois

           Illinois

Boyhood home of Illinois

Contrasts starkly with edge of

Great American Desert

Now call home

Memories resuscitated with Cardinal's call

Vivid red set against
Deep green of
Large maple leaves

Childhood awakens

Faintest of memories
As experience anew
Small hometown not home anymore

Lush green Summer of Land of Lincoln

Contrasts crisp brown of home
As prairie of Nebraska wilts
Under brutal heat

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-206B)

Hazy Fog

            Hazy Fog

Central Illinois childhood
Creek frozen over
Sweeping off the snow
Ice skating

Like the hazy fog
Faint memories
As they surface
In the dark drive to work

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet. (17-086y)

West of Jacksonville

          West of Jacksonville

West of Jacksonville on I-72 there he was,
In woody cover near the on ramp.
Peering out from the edge at midday,
Cautious coyotee studying the world.

Traffic speeding past,
Goes unnoticed.
Wildness in our midst,
Just an observation away.

Wild parts within,
On the fringe of consciousness.
Lurking for opportunities,
To surface and hunt.

Places of passion repressed,
Eruption of love expressed.
Restraints removed,
What's dead resurrected.

Fully alive,
Fringes of me welcomed.
Integration of being,
Washed in love and flooded with peace.

About the Author:  Brian Bucks lives on a small horse ranch in Western Nebraska and is a husband, father, electrical engineer, and poet.