POETRY: We have another offering from Kane’s Frances Wolf Haight, who is kind enough to share her poems with RTS readers.

This one is called Bless This Day.

“The clouds float lazily by,

And are so pleasing to my eye.

Some have shapes I can identify,

Many are like cotton balls in the sky.

The sun shines on so bright,

Keeps back the coming night.

We love the beautiful sight,

As we go through our day just right.

The flowers and the trees,

Shake in the soft breeze,

But sometimes make me sneeze,

As I pray while on my knees.

The bees and the birds buzz and sing,

They naturally do their own thing.

I sure hope they don’t sting,

As I hear the church bells ring.

As the day slips away,

And I use the time to pray,

I thank God for all work and play

As the sun fades into faint rays.”

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HAIKU: While we’re on the subject of poetry, we wanted to share a different kind of poetry, that of haiku, the Japanese poems of 17 syllables, in three lines of five-seven-five.

This is from poet Richard Wright:

“I am a nobody;

A red sinking autumn sun

Took my name away.”