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An Invitation

Uncategorized / September 21, 2018 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

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Talking to Snow

Audio Recordings, Haiku, Nature / tagged Winter / January 29, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Rain can spread rumors
ice will always sass you back
snow keeps your secrets

The Innocence of Snow

Audio Recordings, Cattle, Cows, Family, Farm, Nature, News, Nostalgia, Ranch Life, Remembering / January 28, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Winter
was winter
and all the world

When the only light was lamp
and the only power God
and the innocence of snow
lay soft on lad and land

When floating breath of kin and kine
was pure and white as well
and mankind too as far as we could tell

Antennae daily now
break down the door with news of war

Winter on the ranch Kin = Family & Kine = Cattle

Snow Blind

Audio Recordings, Nature, Nostalgia, Ranch Life / tagged Winter / January 27, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Snow of the backs of cattle

snow on the shovel lifting
snow on the sled hill squifting

snow on the ice road surfing
snow on the shed roof aching

snow in the memories binding
snow in the diamonds blinding

Snows

Audio Recordings, Nature / tagged Weather, Winter / January 26, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

There is the snow
that makes Christmas of all
as might have fallen on the stable

There is the farmer's snow
Moisture is moisture don't complain

There is snow in bad company
ganged up with wind to kill you dead

There is snow when you're safe inside
and snow keeping you from getting there

And snow if flakes, no treat so sweet
resting tingly on an outstretched tongue

Tourists Lost and Found

Audio Recordings, Relationships, Travel / tagged Connection, Experience / January 25, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

To go to a church
and not say a prayer
offends the makers of candles

Any anywhere and every everywhere
has a wish to bless and be blessed

If there are waters swim in them
if there are parties sing at them
if a funeral, cross yourself as it passes

The taking of pictures and giving of
money are top of the skin exchanges

All the world is lonely as you
what you do for it, it will do for you

Where Are All The Wall Street Work Songs

Audio Recordings / tagged Capitalism, Greed, Work / January 24, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

John Henry was a steel driving man
and so were them that laid long rail
across the country shore to shore
to echoing ring of hammer on spike

Heave Ho
Heave Ho was the old tars tune
to the groan of the anchor rope
as they set out to circle the globe

Cowboys
sang their herds to sleep
all along the Chisholm trail
and around the campfires too

And have you not heard
the building buzz of a quilting bee

What does Wall Street sing
to the tune of a sub-prime note
Kaching - Kaching has a nice ring

Fair

Audio Recordings, Haiku / tagged Beauty, Justice, Perception / January 23, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

To never be seen
or to see yourself to be
if they call the play

The Worm Turns

Audio Recordings / tagged Heroes, Modern Life, Technology / January 22, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Remember
when jocks had the locks
and geeks were nerds and nerds geeks

But today
our computer has a virus
and they're the gods of the Greeks

It’s All Geek to Me

Audio Recordings / tagged Change, Modern Life, Technology / January 21, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Even catching
on isn't catching up

They've moved the posts again

Even the ones explaining it
have fallen behind in the time it took

Once you learned to saddle a horse
the horse
might change but the skill remained

Maybe it's time to go back to the ranch

AI Ain’t ME

Audio Recordings, Poems about Poetry / tagged Artificial Intelligence, Emotion, Technology / January 20, 2026 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Computers he said
can write poetry as well
as girl or man or anyone can

Will not fear until I hear
how that computer feels
when it starts or stops a tear

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Both Gloria and I were touched by your poem. Congrats. Tom and Gloria
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Thank you, from an unknowing dancing healer! as for my liking… While I greatly, greatly appreciate your clarity of voice…
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Neil: what a daily gentlre reminder ...this broight me many memories of walking out into the open prairie searching for…
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Thanks Pamela, Love to see some of your haiku and you and Pamela in the new year. All blessings, Neil…

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