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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Neil wanders the world in awe – Mirrors and metaphor everywhere. You can join him on this journey with a Poem in your Inbox every day.  CLICK HERE to start today

The Crocus

Audio Recordings, Nature, Ranch Life / tagged Birds, Spring / May 13, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Loud crows and bright robins
promise an early spring

But they are of the sky 
and can be easily fooled

Only the crocus knows
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Spring Came In

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Birds, Flowers, Seasons / May 12, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Spring came in
like a slinky on a stair

Coiling and recoiling
twenty degrees at a leap

The robin looking at the 
crocus twice to see if it was real
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Mother’s Day

Audio Recordings, Family, Nature, Ranch Life / tagged Appreciation, Gifts / May 11, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Before Hallmark got ahold of it

Mother's day was not 
the second Sunday in May

Less commerce 
but more meaning by far

in spring's first crocus
in a jelly jar
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Leo XIV

Audio Recordings, News / tagged Catholic, Genocide, Holocaust, Immigration / May 10, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Another pope of the people
promises refuge for refugees

Churches have been silent
when fear broke out in hate

Maybe this time not too late
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Blue-Eyed Boy

Audio Recordings, Environment, Nature, Nostalgia, Ranch Life, Remembering / tagged Childhood, Companionship, Dogs, Freedom, Play, Prairie / May 9, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Blue-eyed boy
blasts off from breakfast 
like a quail on a rail

Collie dog leaps on board
and they’re off across the prairie
barely touching the tops of hills

Sun gives warmth or cloud gives shade
all depending on his whim
birds and rocks and swaying grass
everything living embraces him

Burrs don’t stick and thorns don’t prick
even fences, joining in the play
happily turn their barbs away

Floating along on the wings of four
not long now till they slam that door

Author, about age 4, on the Saskatchewan ranch

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Remembering When

Audio Recordings, Nostalgia, Ranch Life, Remembering / tagged Childhood, Joy, Presence / May 8, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Remembering when
anything was everything
full presence childhood

Author, about 3 years-old, on a trike on the ranch

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The Farmer’s Daughter

Audio Recordings, Family, Farm, Ranch Life / tagged Childhood, Delight, Wonder / May 7, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
That little skipping step
the white cotton dress
the pebbles rolling down the path

The sunflowers turning
to watch her as she passes
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Elemental Childhood

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Creation, Joy, Rain / May 6, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Jumping in puddles
water and mud in all directions

Joy enough in the drying clay
for God to make a world
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River Rocks

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth, Relationships / May 5, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Rocks alone
corners harsh as habit

Rocks in relationship
time and torrent tumbled

Soft and smooth to the touch
as river bed as any bed so blessed
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Wood River Windings

Audio Recordings, Farm, Nature, Ranch Life, Remembering, Travel / tagged Journey, Life, Saskatchewan / May 4, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com
Just south of Courval ran
the crookedest river in the world, or
in Canada, or at least in our province

Crookedest river somewhere we were sure
which for some reason that I don't recall
was always a source of great pride

Others might make the same claim
although no-one seems to be in a hurry
to claim their river as the straightest

The one with the least curves, switchbacks, sand bars, and surprises around each bend

The one like the life we sometimes wish 
but would never want

Because the heart is bigger than trouble, and the heart is bigger than doubt, But the heart sometimes needs a little help ,to figure that out  Wood River by Connie Kaldor

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  1. Nancy Fierstien on Spring Came InMay 12, 2025

    You've certainly captured these crazy times with finesse and grace, my Friend!

  2. Nancy Fierstien on Remembering WhenMay 8, 2025

    I'm betting "slow motion" was never your style!

  3. Ken Christopher on The Farmer’s DaughterMay 7, 2025

    Very nice

  4. pat psooy on Wood River WindingsMay 4, 2025

    A very good poem!!!

  5. Tom on Basketball in CanadaApril 18, 2025

    Neil, as you may know we live about 15 miles from his former farm. The locals have installed a bronze…

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