Poems of Richard Jones

1. How Did You Meet Your Wife? 1/13/2003
2. Letter Of Recommendation From My Father To My Future Wife 1/13/2003
3. Sacrifices 1/13/2003
4. The Road 1/13/2003
5. Tree 1/13/2003
6. What Do You Do About Dry Periods In Your Writing? 1/13/2003

Tree

When the sun goes down
I have my first drink
standing in the yard,
talking to my neighbor
about the alder tree
rising between our houses,
a lowly tree that prospered
from our steady inattention
and shot up quick as a weed

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