Steven Mcdonald

The way its mist sprays from the wakeFormidable force that will give and take Gazing out from beyond the bowMesmerized in the here and now Sunrise sizzles and melts awayNo better place to exalt a day Lips stained with the taste of saltFriend and foe it’s not her fault Some days calm and so sereneBut mood swings bring a wrath marine Shimmering blue, tremendous and … [Read more...] about The Sea, By: Steven Mcdonald

As a boy I picked tobacco leafWith hands so stained and soreThe leaves were endless, one by oneMy fingers cut and toreLoading wood in the shedWith my Dad by my sideStacking the logs very neatA site we viewed with prideI worked in kitchens, pots and pans,Bandana soaked up my sweatWaited tables here and thereTables I’d bus and setOn tuna boats, the seas did roarAnd sloshing … [Read more...] about Labor Journey, By: Steven Mcdonald

On Monday night, April 15th in 1985Two gladiators met in a ringThey barely got out aliveThe fans they were in for a treatThey had no idea what was in storeWhen the bell for round one rangStrategy was thrown out the doorA boxer they called the HitmanWhose right hand was hard as stoneHe broke it on Hagler’s bald headBut Marvin barely groanedMarvelous had a chin of steelTook … [Read more...] about War, By: Steven Mcdonald

I see you in the fogI see you in the grassI concentrate on meAnd then the moment passed I see you in the wavesAs they roll upon the beachI see you in my friendsYou are never out of reach I see you in the childrenWhen they laugh, run, and playIt comforts me to knowThat you will always stay I hear you in the windI see you in the rainI know you will relieve meWhen my … [Read more...] about I See You, By: Steven Mcdonald

It’s time to put an endTo the myth of Jesse JamesA cold, blue eyed killerUnlike most of the claims A confederate guerillaAt the age of sixteenHis exploits were ruthlessExtremely savage and mean He was mentored by bushwackersWho were not afraid to killHe was also tutored by a manThat they called Bloody Bill The loss of the civil warCaused bitterness and spiteThe James … [Read more...] about The Real Jesse James, By: Steven Mcdonald