Steve Berman Potery

A Toy for Carroll

Raise a ruckus
raise the roof
raise a daughter
on the hoof

raise tomatoes
raise a barn
keep your daughter
safe from harm

dough still rising
jesus risen
now your daughter’s
sleek and lissome

raise the anchor
set the sails
head for home when
suset pales

get a raise or
get a rise
look your daughter
in the eyes

pluck a rose and
raise the dead
poem’s over
time for bed

Steve Berman
August 27, 2020
Grants Pass OR