Corn Creek - A Poem

last night I dreamed in snow and wind
the long road to my grandfathers house
on Corn Creek
a small wood frame house
on a bluff overlooking the springs
which never iced over
the trail up the bluff
the wire fence
the back patio
the back porch
the back door
and inside playing cards in the kitchen
by the Franklin stove
my grandfather and his brother Paul
the warmth of that stove
coming up from the creek bottom
out of the dreaming snow and wind
home