As Evening Nears in Cherokee County

Suzanne Morris

May 3, 2026

Oh my 

what a beautiful sight

the breeze so strong

the treetops are listing

how I ache for you

to see this

Are you there?

Are you stirring

from your nap?

Before becoming a poet, Suzanne Morris was a novelist, with eight published works between 1976 and 2016.  Many of her early poems were featured in her fiction, to advance the underlying themes.  Since 2020, she has contributed poems to several anthologies, and has been published at a variety of online poetry journals, including The Texas Poetry Assignment.  A native Houstonian, Ms. Morris has resided in Cherokee County for 17 years.