One autumn night
a Full Harvest Moon glows
over the Red Plank House.
The Bear Paw barn quilt
hangs on the old home.
Mama pieced the Lone Star
from the scrap box:
dresses, shirts, aprons, worn out.
Adventure in the mountains:
wildlife rangers chased
a black bear through
our front yard, across the porch.
Twin cubs climbed an oak,
Spot barked up the tree.
Bears wandered the woods
searching for berries and walnuts.
--Brenda Kay Ledford
