A Few More Drawings and Paintings

Unplugged

To listen to a few of the songs that I play on the guitar, a couple of which are original compositions, click on the this link. Enjoy.

Sketches, Drawings, Paintings, and Designs

Superstar

This is a drawing that I did as a child. Children know that they are children of God, and that God loves them. They know that they are great, not because of any external thing, but because they are children of God. I must have been very young, probably in kindergarten, when I drew this […]

A Future Christmas

When Christ was born in Bethlehem A new star shone so bright That wise men came to worship Him Beneath the beaming light The shepherds heard the angels sing Glad tidings of great joy Hosanna to the newborn King! Praise to the baby Boy! Each came with gifts to worship Him And Joseph […]

Finding Joy

Yesterday I opened a book that I had started reading many years ago, and I discovered a piece of paper with a short poem that I had written. I used to paint and draw and write poetry much more often than I do now, but it was a happy surprise to find my poem stashed […]

Modern Man

Of all the adjectives that could be used to describe the modern age, serene is not one of them. Certainly tranquil territories and placid pockets exist among the frenetic landscapes of the 21st century. There are oases of joy and peace waiting to be discovered. But too often modern man behaves like a nervous nomad […]

A Jolly Rhyme for Christmas Time: 2013 in a Nutshell

Another year has come and gone, And things keep getting better. That is why I thought I’d try To write a Christmas letter. Good news is what you like to hear, There’s good news to deliver… And if good news you will receive, Then you shall bless the giver. The year began, despite my plan […]

Believe

It is incredible what the mind can conceive; It will surprise you what you can achieve; There’s just one requirement: You must believe.

Ode on a Rib

Ode on a Rib not from the hand or the foot or the toe not from the head nor the eye did grow straight from the side a woman was made and that is why Adam so fervently prayed

The Beach

Ocean lapping waves upon waves waves upon sand lapping and bathing calloused feet O great ocean of power! A sea was parted by faith, and still you wash these shores of my hopes. A pelican soars slowly by, with a merciful downward glance, as if to say, peace, be still.

Unseen

It’s not the way a woman looks that kindles inner fires, it’s not the food a woman cooks that noble thoughts inspires, it’s not the timbre of her voice that reaches to the heart it’s not the wisdom of her choice in music, books or art, it’s not the softness of her hand that makes […]

Again: A Christmas Poem

At Christmas time when we look back Upon the Savior’s birth, Do we recall that this same Christ Will soon return to earth? Shepherds close in Bethlehem Adored him in the manger, But when he comes to reign again Will he be but a stranger? Another Christmas day has passed, With gift and song and […]

My First Story: John Hancock and the Dragon

I have decided to start compiling all of the stories, essays, poems, artwork, etc. that I have written over the years, and to organize my journals and other writings as well. I plan to create a few portfolios from different life experiences, such as the mission and study abroad, BYU, Israel, work, etc, and eventually […]

Nostalgia

I’ve got to shake this fit of nostalgia gripping at the innermost fibers of my slowly beating heart, and yet it’s like eternity settling on my mind and the shadows of the evening bringing consolation to my heart. It’s only the pavilion of the day giving way to the infinite expanse of the starry night, like […]

“Let Your Light So Shine”

This is a watercolor painting that I did as a Freshman at Brigham Young University.

Give Thanks

You hear it in a running brook, You feel it in a gentle breeze, All around, where’er you look, The flowers, mountains, and the trees… In the morning, the sun’s first light, Mid-day as the clouds pass by, On your left and on your right, On the earth, and in the sky… When night approaches […]

Ode to Duck

A flock of ducks once crossed my path The first one quacked in duckish wrath This waddling webbed-toed polymath Was on his way to take a bath “Then come along,” he seemed to quack I saw there was no turning back And so I got my things to pack And followed them along their […]

Deeper Still

Tonight my heart is full to bursting, Tonight my thoughts are toward my God, Precious souls are all around me Whose paths are difficult to trod. Forgive me if there’s one who suffers, Whose heart I have not lifted up, Forgive me God, if I’ve not sweetened The taste of someone’s bitter cup. […]

Ode on Bachelorhood

After so much insistence, strain and resistance, I still see the mountains away in the distance. Two blue-birds fly by, Like darts through the sky… Did they find each other through patient persistence? The sun now is setting, The past I’m forgetting, Future’s the direction in which I am heading. A couple strolls by, With […]

Kadima Zoo

Earl’s father was the king of the Eagles in the East. He had seen and surveyed much of the West, and news had reached him that trouble was brewing in the Kadima Zoo. If he could, he would put a stop to it as soon as possible. He would have gone there himself to rectify […]

Direction of your Dreams

Go confidently toward your dreams Though long the journey seems Around the corner gleams The sunshine’s brightest beams

Ensign for the Nations

Ensign For the Nations Today I climbed to Ensign Peak A fitting climax to this week From the valleys From depths of pain To wind swept heights Where mountains reign And faithful memories still remain. Upon the rocks and crags I stood Surveying all I saw was good With past behind And hope before Like […]

A Poem on the Second Coming

I desire to awake, I desire to ariseTo soar with the hawk, to break through the skies,With the wind at my wing, and light in my eyes,Where the seagull glides and the eagle flies. But I stumble and step, with my feet on the groundIn foothills of philosophy’s metaphysical mound.Still I see in the distance, […]

What was I to think?

What was I to think? After many years of waiting, after many years of anticipation, was this the secret that my grandfather held so dear to his heart, and that my father almost reluctantly bequeathed to me? What did it mean? I was a nobody, a less than average student, and quite an unpopular one […]

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