One wife.
Five kids.
Two dogs.
One cat.
Two birch trees.
Three favorites: coffee, chocolate, chess.
The arrow flew, but none could tell
If apple pierced or humble son
Until one or the other fell
Determined contest lost or won
...
Sir Edmund Hillary first achieved
(For centuries unattained)
The summit of earth's highest peak,
And what did he there gain?
...
I feared her scent,
That it was more than I could bear
In this present condition,
In this tenuous state of mind
...
Alternating legends
Twixt the forest and the sea-
'The monster, ' some say, 'keeps to the water! '
While others claim, 'The trees! '
...