Life Images Poem by Barry Middleton

a shaggy black water dog
scaring the fish in the creek

hot coffee on a cold morning
windowpane ice on the slough

first love running to my arms
down the dark train platform

wind moving the bright leaves
in a gold and burgundy fall

yellow green of spring blessing
the meadow flowers with a sigh

polished mahogany paneling
musty smell of the courthouse

an old lover's face in a dream
the door to the room wrong

antiseptic smell of the hospital
the smile of the undertaker