April’s Promise
An SLHS ’81 Classmate Collaboration
By Jackie Ely & Dick Monroe
(With a cameo assist by Karen Barrow Pittman)
(Jackie Ely Photo)
Winter’s Long March Behind Me
Birch Trees Framing My Thoughts
(Jackie Ely Photo)
Sitting Alone in a Park
Contemplating Ice-Covered Mountain Lake Waters
(Jackie Ely Photo)
Quietly Waiting for Spring
(And waiting…and waiting)
Soaking In April’s Promise
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Jackie Ely took the photos.
I wrote the poem.
Karen Barrow Pittman provided the next to last line.
A true SLHS ’81 Classmate Collaboration.
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Until Our Trails Cross Again:
Jackie Ely
&
Dick Monroe
aka: ADKO
About The Author
rdmonroe5
Lifelong NYS resident. Raised in Saranac Lake. Cornell graduate(ROTC). Army veteran, Airborne/Ranger qualified, 10th Mtn Div, stints in Honduras and with JTF VI. 3rd degree Black Belt; 3x cancer survivor; published writer with several featured stories in Adirondack Life Magazine. Residing in Watertown NY with wife Robin & our 3 adult children. Loving Life. Living in the Day I am in.