The Magic at Ponds Edge

By L.C. Strand

Each day I take our husky Louie for a walk on the path to ponds edge, when we return home I write about what I have seen. These poems are filled with many characters from owls to dragonflies and even deer. We have encountered darkness, fog, rain, wind, heat, humidity and sub-zero cold, the one constant in all of our adventures together is life. Ah Life, large as the universe small as an ant, filled with texture, light, shadows, sound, humor and dreams. Come with Louie and I on our journeys to ponds edge, it's a place nearby, your own back yard.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jul 17, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496923639

L.C. Strand

L.C. Strand has been writing for over forty years, his inspiration comes from the incredible beauty, humor and intrinsic wonder that exists in our everyday lives. He has been fortunate enough to have lived twelve years with cancer and knows how important it is to treat each and every day as if it were his last.

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Published by AuthorHouse 07/11/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2364-6 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2352-3 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-2363-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014911853

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Contents

Pain And Pleasure

Visions In The Night

The Cottonwood

Patches

I Sit Watching

Windblown

Finding Their Way

Midnight At Ponds Edge

Dusk At Ponds Edge

Mornings Musings

The Rain

The Dance

Flight Of Fancy

The Magician

Moonwalk

Curiosities

The Storm Passes

The Bounty

Nightfall

Reflections Of Dusk

Getting Along

The Voyagers

In The Wind

What’s Up?

Imaginings In The Night

Dark Not Gloomy

I’m Late

Nightime Wanderings

OOH That Feels Good

Images Of light

Muskrat

Who Has Walked This Way

End Of Day

Somebody Call The Cops

Knight adventurer

Serenity

Wonders Abound

Up And Down

Cottonwood Road

Starry Eyed

Silence And Shadows

Seeing Double

The Seducer

Little Things

Getting Sleepy

Flying In

Winging South

A moment In heaven

Wheels Of Progress

Into The Present

Wizened Oak

Longing For

Midnight Clear

Just A Blink

Lazy Days

Candy Anyone

Rock Me Gently

The artistry of nature

Lady Ga Diver

Opening Night At Cottonwood Road

Our Nest

Sounds Of the Night

Think Abouts

Shake It

Oh Deer

Where Is Home

Look Around, Breathe Deeply

Husky Weather

The Gathering

Lets Party

Scents Of Spring

Reflections In White

Carressed By The Night

Natures Fury

Hidden Surprises

Thats Entertainment

Staying Home Tonight

Who Go’s There

Smelling Sensational

Points Of View

To my daughter Olivia who inspires me each and every day. I love you.

Pain And Pleasure

    It’s a sultry day and Louie lingers

a bit too long at the edges of the path

    stirring up pesky mosquitos,

the little hooligans swarm around me

    as I flail about in a futile attempt

to keep them at bay, ouch!

    Quickly we move on,

looking down I see a winged insect

    flying slow and low, really low,

it’s a turbulent flight up, down and side to side,

    upon closer inspection I see the wings are fixed,

yikes it’s a flying corpse,

    I kneel down to discover

the energy behind this reanimation

    is an industrious ant,

big entertainment provided by tiny inhabitants

    of ponds edge

Visions In The Night

At nightfall bats appear, where do they come