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Tahquamenon Falls

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Tahquamenon Falls

We slipped
away one night
when summer scents
filled ditch pockets
where the road dipped
through patchy fog. Our bike
was a whisper instead of a holler
and near Cheboygan, a mountain
lion leapt, missed or changed
its fickle mind. Fate, you said
had passed nearby, an omen
we should live a little closer
to the edge of the risks
we take in our lives.
In Tahquamenon
you tossed like the river
and fell forever
into my arms.
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Richard Rensberry, author at QuickTurtle Books®

From HeartWood to be published December 2016

 

Written In Blood

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I have been writing poetry since the age of twelve and created my first chapbook at the age of fourteen. After showing a few sample poems to friends and neighbors, the chapbook was relegated to a dusty drawer to disintegrate into fodder for a rat’s nest. Some of the poems were good, many I am sure were bad, but all originated from a bludgeoned or joyful heart, mine. I am almost certain the rats found them more pleasurable than any of my human readers. Continue reading →

Gone Fishing

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Fishing

WALLEYE RUN painting by Richard Rensberry
author at QuickTurtle Books®

Soon the ice will break up, the snow will melt and the creeks will boil and rush helter-skelter into the lakes. The suckers will come, then the northerns and the walleye to the mouth of Warren Creek. As the sun sets on the middle of May and the moon flashes silver off a minnow, you’ll find me in waders with my rod tipped in glee. Continue reading →