Simple pleasures for me are these: <br />A well balanced pen with smooth flowing ink, <br />Eighty pound paper, smooth finished, black line spaced (no anemic blue) , full length tri and multi punched, <br />Hot dogs at ‘Betty and Roy’s, ’ <br />Fresh squeezed orange juice at ‘Cha Cho’s, ’ <br />Cold beer at night after a too full day, <br />A headline that brings good news, <br />A sermon that grants a laugh, <br />A three hour lap swim knowing you can push yet more, <br />The outside pool you do not have to clean to use, <br />Daughter’s kiss unbidden – wife taking hand, <br />Learning Nietzsche is pronounced Neetcha, <br />Learning of the steel of Nelson Mandela’s self discipline for good, <br />Our flag full furled by constant breeze, <br />Bargain at a garage sale, <br />Morning coffee and early morning bird song, <br />Black leather shoes shined to a mirror finish, <br />Watching cat plays, <br />Reading early Frost, <br />Publishing these lines.<br /><br />Bill Grace<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/simple-pleasures-7/
