NEWS TO SHARE : This poem won third place in A recent poetry contest. I received a check for my poem and its being published again. I am so happy!!!!!!!

I sat beside the little brook
in the quiet of day
and listened to the peaceful
sounds the running water made.

I saw many stones of different
sizes and shapes. Their color
added beauty to the water and
senic landscape.

Now and then a fish would
dart between the little rocks.
Their bodies shimmered in the
sunlight as they swam from spot
to spot.

Once in a while a bug would
land upon the bubbling brook,
or a leave would float by,on
its journey to some shady nook.

I sat there for quite a while
enjoying the serenity of the
scene and realized it was an
intragal part of natures scheme.

For God with his infinate wisdom
shaped and made this great earth.
We need ony to notice its
treasures and realize their worth.

Yes I sat beside the little brook
on a quiet summers day
and enjoyed its glimmering waters
as it traveled on its way.