Bill Galvin Poems

Traveling west from north central Texas
On secondary roads,
Through throwback western town stereotypes
With old, some abandoned, brick box buildings;
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This river runs by my doorway
Down in Durango town.
I’m here to say part of my goodbye today
To a woman; an angel I found.
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High Desert Travels
Without you by my side
Southwest colors less spectacular
Panoramas more confined
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A special share of Deb’s beautiful locks
Are presented inside a necklace pendant,
Accompanied by dried red rose petals
From her casket arrangement.
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The ones who knew and loved you best,
We finally get together to talk about your passing,
As my tribute to you leads me furthest west,
To the Sonoma sky and sun, and a treasured sister,
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Today I took a stroll thru a Sonoma cemetery
Near your sister’s house where I’m staying.
It began with a nice monument
With a lot of irrigated green grass
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Silverton, Colorado; elevation 9318 feet; pop 638

The drive up scenic US 550 takes more than an hour;
Still a white knuckler over 10640’ Coal Bank Pass.
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Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, northern AZ

I release myself from mountain and river embrace
And drive from Colorado to north central Arizona
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Page, Arizona

Didn’t want to eat at the resort motel prices,
So drove into town to get a burger.
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This trip is certainly bittersweet.
Maybe a turn for the better will happen.

Now there is no home I belong to.
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