The barn is on slow-cow time; the loudest the scra-a-ape of the manure shovel as it follows the manure trolley which makes its trip around the barn ceiling; the fastest the brush-ush-ush of the clean up broom in water filled gutter with the lip of water flowing ahead in leisurely flood crest; and the barn when, […]
Jacqueline Jackson
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All my love
All my love In 8th grade we were learning the difference between writing a business letter and a friendly letter. A classmate signed his friendly letter “with all my love.” He read it aloud and our teacher insisted he could not give anybody all his love. She said, “Not for your mother, father? Grandparents? This […]
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Family quote
My sister Jo, herself aging visiting our dad on his 88th birthday says to him “you wear well! you can be a goal for all of us.” Our generation is indeed aging; my sister has surpassed my father. I think because processed food was not available till after World War II. 2024 Jacqueline Jackson
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Lament
Lament Oh cursive hand oh cursive hand How much we miss your graces Oh cursive hand oh cursive hand The printed word replaces, some Future day the grid will fail; we May go back to pony mail. 2024 Jacqueline Jackson
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Tribute to my grandfather, written about 1940
Tribute to my grandfather, written about 1940 by several members of the Turtle 4-H club. “There is a man in our community who has given his time and talents rare; and taxed his strength and ingenuity for boys and girls clubs everywhere. Because of him, we did all sorts of things. We hoed the […]
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Pilgrimage
When we were kids we spent some time on pleasant lake Wisconsin, later, my parents gathered up grandkids and took them to pleasant lake. My father would march up the hill behind the cottages a line of grandchildren behind him banging on pots and pans and signing, “we’re marching to Zion, beautiful beautiful Zion!” on […]
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Silage Poem
Silage Poem Ron Dougan writes Libbys in Janesville Enclosed is our check to cover your invoice. We are glad to get silage that has not been sprayed with DDT. We have a fine supply of feed with which to go into the winter. I will be interested in observing the reaction of the herd to […]
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Goin’ Down To Narnia
(Chorus follows every verse, by students in a 1976 Fantasy Class) Wilbur and Charlotte and Templeton the rat; There goes Peter Rabbit with a beautiful white cat; From a distant asteroid came the Little Prince; Said we all must hurry now, a matter of consequence. Goin’ down to Narnia: just follow the yellow brick road. […]
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Bliss
Bliss My folks remodeled an old farmhouse a mile from the dairy when I was nine my cousin Paul architecture student was a laborer every noon the workers came down to eat dinner at our house then sprawled on couch floor lawn eyes shut for the rest of their break all but Paul he sat […]
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Poem once used: now partially repeated
Found my oldest sister’s well documented baby book the rest of us had semi-docs or no baby book at all in jo’s mom wrote an anecdote: “Little Joan, 3, had heard us speak of playing cards but had never seen a game. One day she called me that she had something to show me. I […]
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Violin poem #2
When my sister Pat was asked why she started children on violin so early she replied, “That’s so they grow up thinking the violin is part of their arm!” 2024 Jacqueline Jackson
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Milk Ad, by Ron Dougan, Jackie’s Dad
“A big storm like we had this week always makes me feel great! I like to buck a tough day. Tuesday morning at three o’clock we started out with men and horses to get the milk through. Trucks wasn’t worth nothin’ in them drifts ’till we got the road broke. A job like the milk […]
