Impressions of Nature

              Wesley's Lullaby (early 1970s)
              Snowfall (1975)
              Spring Carol (1976)
              Three Scenes (1991-2)
              The Chain Saw (2000)
              Downpour (2001)
              The Apple Tree (2001)
              Scenes of Kansas: Four Haiku (2007)

            Christian Songs and Hymns

              Anthem (1976)
              Psalm (1977)
              Beneath the Moon (1977; rev., 2001)
              Hymn (1984)
              Fanfare for Easter (1989)
              The Christmas Story (2001)

            Metaphysical Poems

              Soul's Testimony (1982)
              Sonnet to Christ (1984)

            Autobiographical Poems

              Prophecy (1970)
              Fireside (1975)
              Olympic Speed Skaters (1976)
              Renewal (1978)
              November Day (1990)
              Traveling (2000)

            Love Poems

              On My Wife's Birthday (1989)
              Sonnet to My Wife (1994)

            For My Family

            For Katie on Her Birthday (2007)

            Occasional Poems

              On Hearing Timothy McVeigh's Last
                Statement (2001)
              On the War in Afghanistan (2001)
              Sonnet: On Hearing Leon Fleisher's
                Performance of Liszt's Piano Sonata
                in B Minor (2004)
              Replies to a Postmodernist (2008)

            Whimsy

              A Little Boy to His Mommy: Rhymes for a
                Greeting Card (1993)
              Tribute to My Wife (1994)
              Spiders, Spiders, Everywhere (2002)
              Grim Cheer (2004)

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