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

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Mossbank Mostly Moss

Audio Recordings, Family, Remembering / tagged Small Town / June 19, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Mossbank, Saskatchewan, circa 1955

Listening to Rain in Saskatchewan

Audio Recordings, Farm, Nature, Ranch Life, Travel / tagged Home, Hope, Nourishment / June 18, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

It had rained
and it was raining
and it was going to rain

He has seen and heard rain
in many countries of the world
including the rain in Spain

This was not that rain

This was the rain of childhood
the rain of a young farmer
praying with his first field of flax

This was the rain
of 4 a.m. with his father
who got up with the summer sun
whether the sun got up or not
and made sure that you did too

A different father than yesterday
with sweat-caked furrowed brow

This was rain to nourish
your skin and bones and soul
and you can still only hear it here

Bit of Wisdom

Audio Recordings, Ranch Life, Remembering / tagged Aging, Control, Rebellion, Small Town, Youth / June 17, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Old man still tight
on the reins of his years
- Ted Kooser

In youth
he got the bit in his teeth a few times

Still trying to forget what the neighbors won't

Always rides with a tight rein now
chafing hard on a dentured mouth

No Leaners

Audio Recordings, Farm, Ranch Life / tagged Games, Humor / June 16, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The man could throw a horseshoe

If you planted a roan upside down
he coulda shod her at twenty paces

Image by Beverly Buckley from Pixabay

Flowers For My Father

Audio Recordings, Family, Relationships / tagged Adoration, Regret / June 15, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

As awed as I was
by so much of my father

As many questions as I didn't ask

The biggest waiting
for some moment on a cloud

is "Tell me of your awe"

Don’t Pet the Piranhas

Audio Recordings, Family, Nature / tagged Animals, Captivity, Freedom, Protection, Restrictions / June 14, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Don't Pet the Piranhas
and other things to learn about zoos

The tiger did not get his stripes
from a suntan through these bars

The giraffes did not get those necks
from trying to see Africa from here

Your parents meant well and so do the keepers

This is not why the hyena is laughing

To the Zoo

Audio Recordings, Family, Relationships, Travel / tagged Adventure, Connection, Gratitude, Joy / June 13, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

I went to the Zoo with you
I went to the Zoo with you

There were lions and tigers and elephants
and cotton candy too

but I went to the Zoo with you
with you, with you, with you

Fairies in the Garden

Audio Recordings / tagged Humor, Magic / June 12, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Fairies in the garden
when the day is new

Washing their undies
in the dew

Tomorrow

Audio Recordings / tagged Delight, Fantasy, Magic / June 11, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Rainbow Connection

Audio Recordings, Relationships / tagged Magic / June 10, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Rainbows do not
end but begin in pots of gold
and the dancing of little green men

Those that think
eyes are only receivers of light
have not seen the eyes that I have seen

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