Reposting a poem from September 2015 for #ThrowbackFriday A moment to pause in the early morning when I rise A chance to refresh in the quiet hours before I run An opportunity for chaos to be arrested as I plan All it takes are purposeful intentions set each day photo: mine prompt: https://threewordsaday.wordpress.com/2015/09/06/20150906-day-249/ Continue reading Welcome the Day
We all need to find bright spots in these troubled times. I haven’t written in a while, but I knew a “Weekly Smile” post was the perfect venue to break my hiatus. Even as we are called to stay home as much as possible, the pull to get outside and just be in nature each day is overwhelming. So while still practicing social distancing, my … Continue reading Weekly Smile, March 24th
The inferno, as such, is over at least for now Tendrils of smoke rise from the rubble and claw for hold against a clear blue sky Burning timbers provide pockets of heat on this unusually cold day They still haven’t found that old storyteller, considered courageous by some, branded as sly and a wee devious by others Broken chains found in the charred remains of … Continue reading Storyteller (in three parts)
Poem from December 2014 for Throwback Friday An old man whistles as he shuffles down the sidewalk Each step an effort The effects of time his constant companion A well-lived life his source of inspiration His old dog limps along beside him Each step an effort Still he follows A loyal companion His well-lived life with his gentle Master They make quite a … Continue reading Faithful Companions
One of my favorites from 2014 for Throwback Friday Expelled from the hazy, lazy shangri-la of sleep Awareness settles in… slowly, faintly, persistently Cool morning air invades warm blankets Piercing the cocoon While whistling robins heckle Plunged into the stark, absolute reality of failed alarms Panic reigns…pointedly, vehemently, completely Soft bare feet stomp hard wooden floors Breaking the barrier Between fragmented fantasies and frenzied … Continue reading Missed Alarms
knowing in loneliness knowing in loving She waits balancing the distance between nowhere and here She waits points on a map disappear as time nullifies miles and minutes and minutia she wages war against desperation and wills the waves to stop rolling and waits standing alone as cold winds blow she feels the warmth of Spring even … Continue reading Love Perseveres
Sharing a poem from July 2014 for Throwback Friday Awesome power Lies within each Positive intention Uttered quietly Embraced in hope Washed and released Unlike condemnation encumbered by anger Or desperate pleas entangled with fear The energy is pure Akin to odes recited by a joyful heart Or promises bound by love Yet stronger in its selflessness Whether whispered by a friend held dear Or … Continue reading Positive Intentions
Sharing a poem I wrote in 2014 for Throwback Friday. The sentiment holds true… I wish you peace A respite from troubled times if only for a moment I wish you strength A fortification to bolster you in your hardest hour I wish you faith An assurance of hope when all seems lost I wish you light An illumination from within to … Continue reading Wishes for a Friend
And in the early morning, I wait Tendrils of light sweetly coax promises from darkened skies I watch shadows transform Glittering dust dances in the corners of my mind I am humbled by possibilities My body is quiet as I consider vanishing years and all that is made of mist I float over daring seas No longer lingering on an island of despair I choose … Continue reading Promises at Dawn
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing… Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday, January 13, 2020
Remember our warmth — let it be the tower of strength as the world around us crumbles When a simple touch bruises and tender words injure, remember, remember When the dove loses its way and the hawk tips its wings through a black night, whisper the promises we made and remember Hush the fear that dwells in your heart and hear the call of hope, … Continue reading Two Hearts
If we were having coffee today, January 12th, I’d invite you in to have some freshly-baked chocolate chip cookies. We finished the Christmas cookies last week but you’d see some stray decorations still strewn about. It seems to take longer to put them away each year than to drag them out. I’d tell you how much I enjoy the start of the new year and … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, January 12th
I’m in search of adventure, feeling reckless and brave and ready to bury sorrow’s tapestry The pull of all that’s fresh and new calls begging me to discover all that lives between light and shadow and truth woven between notes in a song I never knew what I never knew until I took a chance until I took a step Won’t you join me? We’ll … Continue reading Walking into Mystery
Originally posted on Eugi's Causerie:
wisdom of the past brings courage to the new year ignoring borders Frank Tassone #Haikai Challenge #119 (12/28/19): New Year (Shinnen) #haiku #senryu #haibun #tanka #haiga #renga – This week, write the #haikai poem of your choice (haiku, senryu, haibun, tanka, haiga, renga) that alludes to the New Year (Shinnen), be it New Year’s Eve, New Year’s Day, the… Continue reading What comes around
Originally posted on Andrew McDowell:
This month’s upcoming edition of the MWA‘s online literary magazine Pen in Hand will include two haiku poems I wrote. It should be available in a few weeks. I’ll post a link to my Poetry page. I hope you’ll like my poems and the other works that will appear in the issue! P.S. I’m also now on Twitter and Tumblr! Continue reading Jan. ’17 edition of Pen in Hand
Originally posted on Go Dog Go Café:
Welcome to Promote Yourself Monday. All Go Dog Go Cafe community members are invited to post one link to one specific piece of their writing (600 words or less please!) they have published on their blog, Facebook page, or Instagram feed into the comments section below. If you post a link, be sure to read some of the other great writing… Continue reading Promote Yourself Monday, December 30, 2019
A time for ending A time for beginning Beginning to make plans Beginning to make a move Move to find warmth in Winter’s wisp Move to find meaning down where the stars sleep Sleep to find dreams Sleep to escape nightmares Nightmares leaving me trapped Nightmares leaving me stripped bare Bare my teeth and find courage Bare my soul and find strength Strength to survive … Continue reading Kept in Resolution
Rally ‘round the middle melodies Hold hope in your heart as deities design a perfect pause to catch karma Sing songs of aftershocks and avenues as winding ways back beckon Rally ‘round, rally ‘round, rally ‘round Shelter and stand beneath love and light photo: Hammacher Schlemmer prompts: #VerseAngel, The Sunday Whirl, Mindlovesmisery’s Menagerie – Saturday Mix Continue reading Cryptic Carols
Morning mist is lifting on these morning thoughts lifting me from dreams that tie me in knots Time to shake of blankets of illusion no longer lost in a land of confusion We all leave homes we once knew We all try on a new world view Been round and round this old place, leaving and remaking I won’t forget your face and my heart … Continue reading Stay Awhile
I discovered an inner rhythm that summoned a vespertine breeze I sought illumination from screaming starlight as it exploded just before dawn Mine was a wild, wild whisper as I sang a new song Change was imminent— like a single crack to my bones, this My branches weighed heavy till they surrendered with broken beauty Salvation amidst splinters, a serenade framed by the beat of … Continue reading Salvation and Splinters
Hope lives here in these remembered days beneath the sky, ever blue Borne of seconds of red poppies and silvery stars hope lives here Faith in that beyond our means beyond our grasp intertwined within changing minds Synchronicity, credence to the ephemeral the Earth as She was and could be Hope, hope lives here Such is my lullaby as I sing my way home now … Continue reading Dreaming of Home
some thought it sad her swiftly failing memory from this side of dreams it looked dreary and dark like rain on a cold November night caught between the grim and the futile she was a frail woman lingering on the edge of golden gates window-shopping before making a final purchase living in the space between breaths against the odds, as if efforts to contradict were … Continue reading Heartbeat
I am the willow stooped and ungainly from years of solitude and discordant thoughts They weave together to carve lines in my flesh but my roots run deep as I seek sweet water It’s a reckless love, this unquenchable thirst made worse as I dance in the dusty summer wind My measureless imagination conjures images of the long-departed here by the muddy banks I feel … Continue reading Willow
If we were having coffee today, November 3rd, I’d invite you to sit at the table with me. The day is bright and beautiful, but November’s chill has arrived. It’s a perfect time of year. As we shared some of the pastries from our local bakery, I’d confess that I’m happy October is behind us. It was a difficult month with a lot happening in … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, November 3rd
OctPoWriMo Day 24 – Join us here Welcome to Day 24! Today’s prompt is breathe. It comes at a perfect time for me. I’ve had nothing but computer issues lately, and for the first time since I started #OctPoWriMo I’ve missed several days of posting. I started getting stressed about it but finally decided that I have to keep moving forward. I’ll try to … Continue reading OctPoWriMo Day 24
Are you participating in OctPoWriMo? This is the post I shared for today’s prompt. Come join us here. Sometimes the only way to really experience something is to smash it apart and examine all the broken pieces. Sometimes perfection is not as truthful as imperfection. Sometimes it’s necessary to tear apart that which we hold dear to discover its true power. We’ve all had transitions … Continue reading OctPoWriMo Day 22
scream into the wind rejoice with new energy as you share one voice frustration renamed frustration embraced frustration resolved sing your healing song rejoice to empower this end to suffering Image by Erich Röthlisberger from Pixabay Prompt: OctPoWriMo Day 21 Continue reading Frustration Released
Heartbroken, in a state that somehow exists in the spaces between each day, each hour, while we count the losses and trip on blessings we resolve to hold Disappointment breathes and moves and dictates like a grand conductor on a broken stage shining light into every corner as even dust turns into daggers Ethereal, this world covered in heavy fog and perpetual rain and sunny … Continue reading Some are Blue
and once upon a yesterday where these whispers of the past play mirage of memories shimmer bonded by more than blood, Sister tangled tethers of music lost bittersweet snippets as lines crossed some saviors, others called Resister bonded by more than blood, Sister in the end, connections chosen embody every emotion stronger than any sly Mister bonded by more than blood, Sister and once upon … Continue reading In the Name of Sister
Reposting a poem from 2017 for today’s OctPoWriMo prompt – Mother May I Elusive, like shadows in the water Static electricity that hums just before it sparks A vanishing point that disappears just beyond awareness There’s an invisibility to it, this connection A chain-reaction that builds as one after another after another is born to women who are sisters, to women who are daughters in a … Continue reading Family Ties
