70 Chevelle Super Sport

This past year, I taught my young 14 year old neighbor down the street to play the guitar. He learned very quickly and was soon playing as well as me. A couple of weeks ago he wondered if I could paint a 1970 Chevelle Super Sport for him. I told him to bring me a picture of the car and I would see what I could do. I finally finished it yesterday. He was very happy with it.

Classic Super Sport

Still creates dream in young boys

Fifty years later

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Painting: Dwight L. Roth

Below shows the steps in painting the car:

Little Boys…Big Dreams

A memorial to the Wright Brothers;

Young men with dreams of flying.

The beginning of something

greater than themselves

Remembered

with a giant monument of stone,

high on Jockey’s Ridge

in North Carolina.

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Little boy visits and wonders

what it would take to

be remembered

with a monument of Stone.

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It takes dreams

and the courage to live them out;

It takes someone to inspire

to encourage

and

to believe the impossible.

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Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Dedicated to my son, who always believed he could fly!

Live With Passion

As the cold of winter sets in
Warm your heart at the fires of passion.
Search out people of authenticity
Those who dare to live and bare it all.
Warm your spirit with Words of Life
And music that stirs your soul.
Live the life of your dreams // while you can;
Appreciate the passion of your children.
Stir joy and happiness into the smiles
Of your grandchildren;
For without family, the fires of passion
Tend to go out.

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Sweet Dreams

Sunlight ends sweet dreams
Beauty from the end of night…
Sifting through my mind
Where do dreams go each morning
They’re lost in the speed of light

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Photo: Dwight L. Roth

The Lore of Chrismas

When we were visiting the Oregon Coast, we saw this set of bushes decorated with every kind of float you could imagine. They won’t need to decorate for Christmas. This colorful display will do just fine!

Colorful floats shine

calling for Christmas to come

Kids dream of Santa

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Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Sky Has No Limits

Sky has no limits
No fences // No walls // No hate
The sky cries freedom.
Dreamers dare rise above
Flying toward the sun

Photo: Ruth A. Roth

Redefined Dreams

I’ve lived many lifetimes // dreamed many dreams
All in seventy-two years // a short span it seems;
Events occur //dreams often changed
Beyond my control // life gets rearranged.
Illness, accidents, joys and sorrows, death and so much more
Created a roller coaster ride in my life // that’s for sure.
Faith and family children and friends
Supported us through that dark night of the soul;
When joy returned and things were great…
They cheered us even more.
As I look back // reflect over all these years
The choices I’ve made through rain and tears;
I’m thankful I hung in there and stayed the course;
For in joy and pain we still have a choice.
I’m now reaping the benefits of redefined dreams;
After seventy-two years sailing life’s streams.

Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Wooden Shoe

What does the little boy do who lives in the mill

Watching blades turn and water pump;

Does he dream of sailing seas to far away lands

as his wooden shoe sailboat rests on mirrored glass?

He lives on a mound surrounded by water and flowers

With hayfields and redfox-horses to share the polder beyond

A solitary life with parents and siblings it seems

Goats in a pen and big cabbages to hoe as vegetables grow

What does the little boy dream with his toes in the stream

Perhaps his dreams are the same as yours and mine you know

Wooden shoes sit in a row waiting for night to pass

The sailboat shoe sits quietly on mirrored glass.

Photos of Kinderdjik: Dwight L. Roth

The Edge of Inspiration

Beyond Imagination
I have been pushed and shoved all my life
Thanks to friends who cared…
Seeing more in me than I see in myself
Learning to do more than I could ever imagine
From computers to art // writing memoirs // and poetry
Publishing books on Amazon //and writing a blog…
Things I never imagined ten years ago
Susan // Kym // and Tom
Encouraging // urging // helping me
Opening doors to new worlds of wonder
Imagination that knows no end
Wonderful friends all over the world
Communicating with me every day
Keeping me on the edge of inspiration

Photo: Dwight L. Roth
I am reposting this one again after thinking through my writing process on yesterday’s post.  I am forever thankful for friends, who I mention in my poem, who have urged me to move into the world of writing. Without their encouragement, I would not be writing this blog.
It is such a wonderful thing to be able to learn to know all of you. Your great writing and words of encouragement, given to me in your comments, keep me coming back for more. I have learned so much form all of you at the d’Verse poetry group. I am now writing poetry that I never even heard of two years ago! Thank You All!!

 

Mind Games

I’m climbing steep grades
Gets steeper as I go up
No way to go down

Head off back of pillow…

My mind floated through
Struggles from the past // long gone
Woke to a new day

Glad dreams aren’t reality
Reruns seem real while asleep

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Photo: Dwight L. Roth

Today is Quadrille Monday once again and Mish, at d’Verse, asked us to use the word steep as a prompt. That got me dreaming and this poem evolved in my mind! A quadrille of exactly 44 words.
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