Verse – Soul Food
Flowers in soil
Feed the soul
Soul Food Flowers
– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL May 24, 2015.
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Delivery Boy Education
Fritzen was the German name–
“Fritz” was what he called himself.
I was just the high school boy
hired to drive my rose-red car:
deliver Flowers by Fritz.
At the University,
back in 1959,
girls in the sororities
(yes, then they were all called “girls”)
received flowers from their “boys.”
Actually they smiled at me,
then they read the little card–
usually they smiled again.
If they did not like the name,
I thought, “humiliation.”
– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, May 111, 2014
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk
Steve Shoemaker’s Studebaker Silver Hawk
1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk…
…
The car was low and light, but had
a V8 engine, squealing tires
from stop signs if you pushed the pedal
down. At work I bent some wires
to hold a flower vase inside,
(I was 16 and romantic).
I never offered girls a ride
to school even though I was sick
with love: the car was bold, but I
was shy.
– Little Stevie Shoemaker, Urbana, IL September 11, 2012
Shy Steve and Studebaker in line at the drive-in?
NOTES:1) “This model cost $100 a few years ago–Thanks, college friend, Dwight J. The 1957 real
car, bought used in 1960, cost $1,000. Thanks, Grandpa Shoe…“
2) Nadja, Steve’s girlfriend and future wife, appears to be in the middle of the front seat. Not that shy!
Verse – “Bee”
To look once @ a BEE & see
what needs to be seen, will take me
all my days. BEES & flowers are
near as a sting & scent–& far
beyond my ken as they can BE.
– Steve Shoemaker, Urbana, IL, July 5, 2012
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