"Give Me Strength," by Rabindranath Tagore

"Waterfall at Lu Shan," by Li Bai

 Link to poem Waterfall at Lu Shan

"Is Love So Simple, Then? by Roger Illsley (Poem by Irene Rutherford McCleod, adapted by Hans Ostrom)

"Nature Is What We See," by Emily Dickinson

"The Peace of Wild Things," by Wendell Berry

"Sunday in Glastonbury," by Robert Bly

"Lettin' It Fly," by Keith Ledbetter

"Hangin' On To This Feeling," by Keith Ledbetter

"Last Answers," by Carl Sandburg

"That's the Day I'll Forget About You" Roger Illsley (Lyrics, Hans Ostrom)

"Ashes Denote," by Emily Dickinson

"Autumn Movement," by Carl Sandburg

 Link: Autumn Movement

Mademoiselle, Where Are Your Clothes?

Mademoiselle, 

Where are your clothes?

Should I remove mine,

Do you suppose?

You do enchant me,

My Mademoiselle.

I am inspired—

Can you tell?

Oh my dear,

Such a surprise.

I came home

And there you stood.

You stared at me

With your brown eyes.

Your nakedness

Looks very good. 

Well, here we stand,

Without a stitch. 

I do believe

We found our niche.

Oh, Mademoiselle,

Please lead the way.

I will of course do

What you say. 

Mademoiselle,

You’re so risque.

I never know

Quite what to say.

hans ostrom 2025