Afghan Reflections by Terry Douglas
You are invited to visit My New Afghan Reflections Page
for my thoughts on my time spent there.
If I Could Paint
Posted on Saturday, February 14th, 2009
If I Could Paint
If I could paint,
I’d walk across
The aqua sea,
Step over ripple waves,
Allow cerise reflection
To dry untouched.
I’d pass cormorants
Dancing tip-toe intricate
Before plunging deep,
Catch welcome on a breeze,
As I’d hasten to this canvas
Stretched horizon wide.
I’d [...]
On Turning Seventy
Posted on Sunday, February 8th, 2009
Reflecting on significance of this milestone, I wrote this poem to celebrate the event.
On Turning Seventy
It’s new terrain – even foreign
As he crossed over onto to a ridge
Surface flat – frozen – desolate;
He wondered breathless [...]
