What started as a project to “poem-ify” the news morphed into a collection of my poems.
I hope you like them!
-Chris Unterberger
Adams: Friendship
Just a mile and a halfStretches between nowhere and nowhere.But between,All walks come together to shareModest connectionsAnd small-town charmsBetween the soybean fieldsAnd cattle farms.Looking closely, there’s a lively townA print shop, some banks,Baseball field, a church—Congregations giving thanks To the little they have in this ship of friends,Neighbors, family, teammates, and kin That have been…
Ashland: Up Nort
Crackling rocks beneath the tiresSkip in every direction across the narrow,Rocky alleyThat leads to the cracker box—Tinted with mint shuttersAnd the gaudy red doorThat opens to the always-too-hot living roomWhere the kids(Those 3-53 years old)Wrestle and playWhen the rain dances on the sheet metal roofAnd lather on sunscreenWhen rays skip off the lakeAnd test the…
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