A Month Later

Two more friends have gone away
for a little over a month now
Dick Jesser and Bill Rodd
Life is like a game of tennis
at Lake Willoughby
Have a healthy day
in Saint J
I shall always remember you
as long as I'm still living
as long as I'm still thinking
writing a poetry like tonight
in the northeast kingdom of Vermont
We've gone through so many roads
come from far away towns
we don't even recall the names
These melodies echoing across the sky
The endless icy rain and the flimsy day
Wish you could be here
I can't wait to see you again, my freiends

B. John
Rocky Ridge Road
St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Barton, Vermont

Who can tell what might have been?
This question that kept ringing in my head
Like Robert Kennedy wrote once in his Profile
as my wife and I walked quietly into our old house
This eighty one Glover Road in Barton, Vermont
A few miles down from the Crystal Lake
which is now being watched by the giant wind turbines
The white power that has engulfed the Northeast kingdom
In Martha Pitts' over century year old Victorian
Who or what else can we proclaim?
The road seems longer now
and this coldest day in January
Yet, none seems to fade away so soon
The children singing, laughing,
riding their bicycles in the basement
as I wrote countless songs, poetry and prose
In order to keep my dream alive
Why?
for my people, who else?
Now I understood
The birds have flown away
The trouble is here to find
the roof is almost touched the sky
Byron?
The church bell...
This dependable old furnace
keeps on running
Looking to find the solution
The Bread and Puppets...
My brother in law
even Peter Shoeman is not to be found
What else can I say?
Tonight..in this house....this old house...
I shall paint it in my memory
Despite not knowing who
can tell what might have been

B. John
St. Johsnbury, VT
January 15, 2012
10:51pm

Happy New Year 2012

May the New Year 2012 brings you peace and justice
with happiness, good health and fortune

Rocky Ridge Road
St. J., VT 05819