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Troubadour
John Denver Tribute 1-31-25
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Troubadour
Annie’s song rings maroon bells
Sung in gratitude by a country boy
As snowflakes celebrate alpine festivals
Where sunshine dances on shoulders.
Cowboy becomes mountain man
Letting melodies soar
High in the cathedral of the Rockies
Dance with dolphins on lyrical waves
Or serenade Blue Ridge mountains
Strumming lullabies for baby.
Perhaps love tells the story of your passion
For mountains, seas and skies and Shenandoah rivers
That dance in calypso dreams
On feathered beds by country roads
Home again.
Poet and pilgrim –
Troubadour gathering scraps of ordinary
Your melted wings brought you back to earth
Too soon
Leaving your song incomplete
Melodies unsung and rhymes unrhymed.
Starwoods still mourn
Where the eagle and the hawk fly in farewell
On the wings of your dreams
Beneath wild western skies
That echo your poems, prayers and promises.
Copyright ©
Sam Kauffman
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