Gazing up
gray blue sky
The tingle
of a changing season
Mounds of frozen snow
clinging to life
Six geese
in formation
flying true north
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The Perfect Funeral
Remember near a stream running clear
with grandchildren perched on stones and fallen trees
Pick a red apple October day to celebrate the cool
of the air and watch leaves like boats floating down
Strum Blowing in the Wind to honor
beach bonfires so many years ago.
Send prayers of laughter to the blue sky
celebrating stories told and yet to tell
Without preaching, lightly toss the atoms
so they drift down waters to the wild unknown
-Joan Ramseyer
