Blue and Gold Publishing is pleased to present:
A Hike On Mars: The Kindle Remix
A triple-dozen metered rhymes
To entertain and soothe your mind:
Some will take you on a trip
To make your Earthbound fetters slip.
Some will tickle your romance
Inviting you give love a chance.
Some are touching, one is sad,
One might make you steaming mad.
Some will chill and haunt your soul
Like night wind blowing, damp and cold.
Some will trigger memories
Of yesterdays out running free.
Others might tug at your brain
And call you back to read again;
But all will bring you peace of mind
And you'll be glad you took the time!
In this new edition for Kindle, the original pot of paperback stew is stirred and thickened with previously unpublished material, while many of the original illustrations are presented in living color for the pleasure of those with color readers.
I humbly present the following collection (in no particular order) of mostly tetrameter and heptameter poems and stories which I hope contain some spookiness, some beauty, some imagery, and some touching tears for the reader's reflection. Enjoy!
And by the way, Pluto is still a planet.
- James T. Sapp
Author's Foreword:
Table of Contents:
Foreword
Preface
The Warning Verse
Mars
A Hike on Mars
Earthshine
Vega!
January
Another Moon
One Hundred Nine
July the Fifth
Summer Storm
A Summer Retrospective
Pine Dragon
Autumn Falling
Winter Hit!
Food
On Observing a Visit from Corporate
Arrrr...
Empty Collars
The Butterfly
Snippet
Cle Ellas Passing
Sundial
Ecclesiastes in a Nutshell
A Soft Word
Surgery
Curing Clocks Curse
Shhhhhhh
Campfire Advice
Jack Slade and Jules Beni
Harvest Moon
Be Careful What You Wish
FOB Thunder
Captain's Lament
Night Flight