the game doesn't end until dawn

annual report

The peaches are done for the year

there aren't all that many peaches

but they’re sweet and well-formed

the apple-pear tree is heavy with fruit

and treats me daily with fresh fruit

the lemon tree mocks me (I think)

like an unruly teenager

watering the garden and a hummingbird hovers

and watches me (I think)

I speak to it —friendly stuff—

but the little green bird makes no reply

I aim the watering hose straight up at the sun

and watch through the spray as a rainbow forms

I’m measuring my life

with the little fruit that I grow and why not

James Lee Jobe

James Lee Jobe 

There are men running the government that shouldn't be allowed to play with matches. 

Will Rogers

Johnny Cash, Rusty Cage

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This valley - looking around, you would think the birds owned the place.

James Lee Jobe

Ars Poetica, a poem by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH

My father, your game was quite evil.
Your clothes were sleek, dapper,
and you were trim, lean, well groomed,
and as smooth as polished steel.
Your cologne was velvet and silk,
and your voice was a rich chocolate.
When you walked, it was slow, sexual,
like a foreign dance, and you moved
through a room in such a manner
that every woman had to notice you.
There was no way to avoid you.
Were they married? Young? Old? Slender?
Round? Well heeled? Dirt poor?
Things like that never mattered at all.
They were women, the nest of desire,
they were just a game to be played,
and if you could speak to them,
dance with them, drink with them --
That is how your game began.
And the game didn't end until dawn.

James Lee Jobe

Eating the Moon in Cotulla, TX, a poem by Analicia Sotelo

Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I would like to see you living In better conditions. 

Hafez

When you don't feel the need to be perfect you give yourself room to be really good. 

James Lee Jobe

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James