Pong
I recall things I used to know
things I loved
Now that I’ve grown old
No longer chasing butterflies and thinking dreams
come true
or playing my favorite game of chase the ball
with you
And my broken arm around my favorite boyhood pal
Pong, my dog
My father made me sell
(c) Rick Landers 2023
Rick Landers is a multi-award-winning singer-songwriter, a poet, publisher
(Guitar International magazine) and author who fronts the Virginia-based band
Heartland which perform Rick’s original songs. The band has been selected to perform at the
2023 National Cherry Blossom Festival. Rick was recently interviewed by the respected
Nashville Voyager magazine. He is currently writing a children’s book series called, The
Adventures of Digit and Tess, about a young teen and her robotic AI cat. His first poem, “Digit the Cat,” appeared in 2018’s 30 for 30.
30 for 30 is sponsored by Potomac Review
This feels like a moving snapshot—there’s so much unsaid.