CREEK ROAD GANG
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Richard Moyer: 3 Poems
copyright 2011
CANADA GEESE
Across
the hill
geese
move in solid line.
Already
scorched
the
green fields where
they
grazed in spring.
Black
beaks poke the air,
point
towards
pond,
water.
DOCTOR
My
busy schedule
involves
more than
medical
journals,
drug
salesmen,
patients.
I
am an artist,
discovering
illness
not
just
by
tests but
by
intuition.
I
detect sickness
in
a glance from an eye,
the
unsteady hand,
sadness
in a face,
a
hesitant walk.
AT THE PARTY
Munching
on Caesar salad
while
laughing with a
pretty
37 year old woman
who
smiles lovingly at me
really
makes 75 year old me
feel
young.
At
home I confront old age and
take
Zantac for an acid stomach,
Lipitor
to lower my cholesterol,
Avodart
for benign prostate enlargement,
Starlix
for diabetes.
This gives me grave thoughts.
Biographical Note: Richard Moyer is 80, has degrees from Harvard, The University
of Richmond and Temple and is happy to be alive and write poetry.
