California

Poetry | The Plains of California

The Plains of California ©2022 by Vernon Miles Kerr and VernonMilesKerr.com Big gash on North America's face, Fully visible from space. Ohio with palm trees— Winter's Bowl of Foggy Frost Summer's scorchy slab of yellow grass And heat-shimmering vista of parallel rows of

California

Poetry | Across the Mountains

Across the Mountains ©2021 by Vernon Miles Kerr, VernonMilesKerr.com 1949 Over the years, Mom and Pop had tried California, but something always drew them back East. Maybe they pined for that slower pace, a less crowded place. But when I was six, back they came, Spanning the Continental Divide,