If we were having coffee today, July 21st, I’d invite you to sit on the patio with me. We’ve been having a heatwave with temperatures reaching 100+ but with my huge umbrella and a fan, it’s bearable. This week promises to bring more reasonable weather. I’d rather sit in this heat than take winter’s cold anyway. Would you? If I had to summarize this summer … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, July 21st
She wakes to walk the streets at dawn the sky dresses in purples, reds, and golds Examining the empty storefronts, she wonders What will become of this day the stillness of the space brings comfort She addresses the blackbirds and says today will be kind They chastise her in angry squawks and fly away As their shadows fade, she laughs at the brilliant nothing left … Continue reading On Finding Clarity
If we were having coffee today, March 17th, I’d invite you in for some coffee and cornbread. My husband made it. It’s delicious! He’s busy right now making corned beef and cabbage in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. Perhaps you’ll stay for dinner. We’d love to have you. As we sipped our expresso, I’d tell you how happy I am that spring is almost here. … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, March 17th
I am a thief I steal your words as they fall from your mouth I watch as you shrug off your ill-fitting garment and dance in the rain I capture the moment your face lifts slightly I memorize the way your beaming smile transforms the moment I explore the silence as you find your way I count the years as you stoke those fires I … Continue reading People Watching
I am there with you as the weary waitress pours lukewarm coffee into a cracked teal cup I hear you muse aloud, wondering how bones disintegrate over time and what you could do to hasten that process and as the night grows cold and the sky darkens I am there with you The seedy jazz club there on the corner, a perfect cover for the … Continue reading Characters
If we were having coffee today, February 3rd, I’d invite you in and share some of these delicious gingersnap cookies. They’ll go perfectly with our cappuccinos. Don’t mind Rocco. He’s been extra cuddly lately, along with Little Kitty. Must be the cold. I’d ask how you’ve been faring during this polar vortex. It’s been brutal! I’d show you the pictures I took of the water … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee, February 3rd
Trouble, your constant companion shadow boxing as you explore the darkness I feel your desperation to find even a flicker of light hiding in the haze of blue smoke rooms I feel you even as you disappear, a phantom betraying blue skies and sunny days again and again and again You slip into that world, out of reach and I hold my breath, waiting You … Continue reading Fall Away
Wicked winds whistle a siren call of Autumn draped in gold and red Winter soon follows Its echoing ache bellows across snowy skies The glory of Spring rejuvenates tired old bones with blossoms and hope Faithful friend Summer You encourage me to pause and enjoy each day photo: Pexels prompts: Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille, #SeptemberFalls18 Continue reading Chain of Seasons
If we were together today, September 2nd, I might offer you an iced tea instead of coffee. It’s one of those spectacular last days of summer and we could sit out back on the new patio my husband just put in. The sunflowers provide the perfect backdrop. Don’t mind the cats meowing on the porch. They’re a little upset I won’t let them out to … Continue reading If We Were Having Coffee…
The poetry of hope can hide between the lines, waiting beneath words scribbled on a page Poised like a patient messenger, it watches as understanding unfolds with music that creates gentle melodies And if this marriage of chord and verse happens as fortune smiles, magic will stir the soul and memories will carve a place in the heart If you are very lucky, if you … Continue reading Poetry of Hope
Light shines through darkness A beam of hope revealed like smoke on the water Some say if I wait if I stop searching, seeking I might find true peace So I surrender today’s troubles and worries What will be will be photo: #PoetryPotion prompts: #GoDogGoCafe, #PoetryPotion, WD Wednesday Prompt, #Deedster Poetry Prompt 14, #Heeding Haiku with Chèvrefeuille- MindlovesMisery’sMenagerie … Continue reading Learning Patience
Kept secrets linger — caught somewhere in a spiritual realm where quiet rain falls from dusty skies and the thin veil of faith shudders The urge to reveal truth beckons, a burning need that calls with a longing, lilting song crashing like waves washing across the lake, speckled and brilliant Loyalty and repercussion blend until the siren is silenced and sunlight falls across the rippled … Continue reading Secrets
In this place of peace sunlight is dispersed through the canopy of ancient trees A kaleidoscope of color explodes on the forest floor with beads of amethyst and gold Energy released is all at once both graceful and restless naming this time for healing Chaos rearranged in letters and leaves and truth drift on a soft breeze and whisper a new story photo: mine prompts: … Continue reading Log Cabin Ruminations
Don’t we share this yearning a need to capture the sunset on scraps of crumpled paper ~ the figments and fairytales and everything in-between More than victims of circumstance we’re partners in crime, you and I Nah, don’t forget, never forget wherever you’re goin’, I’m goin’ your way we’ve got such a lot of world to see We’ll run til we’re breathless makes no … Continue reading Chasing Rainbows
Inside my second destiny the world is touch and go blessed by creativity and cursed by the wear and tear of whys and wherefores navigating stepping stones between pretty pools and violent seas knowing I’m seconds away from drowning in dreams that are all at once innocent and maniacal taunting with signposts painted in invisible ink labelled This Way To Your Future photo: mine prompts: … Continue reading Inbetween
I counted the minutes backwards ten, nine, eight… the bell rang, releasing me a week to relax a week to rest I am a caterpillar seeking solitary confinement in a cocoon that glimmers where words speak louder than any action in this, the best of both worlds Here, within walls that obscure the outside world I resist distraction There, just … Continue reading Vacation
As this blog enters its fifth year, I’m revisiting my goals and intentions. I originally began this as a way of forcing myself to resume a regular writing habit. Over the years, it has morphed into a page mostly focused on poetry. I do love writing poetry and will continue, but I’d like to expand into other areas. Some ideas I’m considering are short essays … Continue reading New Year, New Look, New Goals
You say tomorrow is a clean slate…beckoning Relieved, I urge time to hasten this day photo: Pixabay prompt: WordPress Daily Post Continue reading Pushing Time
a moment to collect these fragments of time by chance, a moment to turn it inside out if only for a moment scaffolds of despair layered under a rain-kissed sky imaginary temples to honor seclusion beneath a nectarine sun as the wolf, beaten, howls at the door for a moment a woman, more than blood and bone, seeks truth aspirations drawn out on … Continue reading Moments
I suppose it’s well enough for now this departure from reality It’s well enough for now Ensconced in a world of strained repartee true believers cast a spell, an ordination in this departure from reality Packaged and sold as one’s vocation Weak and weary accept the transition as true believers cast that spell, an ordination Fact and fiction dance in this place, a juxtaposition and … Continue reading Before Flight
Sometimes illusion eviscerates expectation like reverse reflections mirroring shattering glass Defiant, the faithful pursue unattainable goals embracing intent to entice new roles Wading into dark and deep crevices that lurk outside defined boundaries some are waylaid on hidden shoals sinking deeper into predetermined holes But for some who dare to fly with clipped wings those jagged shards cast shimmering points of light A beacon when … Continue reading Courage
At first glance, there was something unsettling about this man with steel grey eyes that pierced even the darkest shadows A man of few words, he set to work carefully displaying bouquets of flowers on his cart by the riverside the brilliant colors, a sharp contrast to his somber countenance His gnarled fingers, covered in fingerless gloves that had long since lost their form gently … Continue reading Man of Few Words
Inspired by prospects of raw freedom, she leaned into every curve With wind whipping through her loose hair, she never felt more alive Riding through a winter wonderland, she became a chance believer She became a dream receiver The frosty night air caressed her with its magical touch and each star in the open sky marked possibilities Leaving miles behind her, she was free Life … Continue reading Dream Receiver
on this endless journey fate designed decisions…to be gracious or unrefined? a petulant frenzy leaves no room to adjust voices crashing through those walls of trust to the hard way, some are resigned takes no time for behavior to be defined as fragile reputations are lost and maligned if only those differences had been discussed on this endless journey doesn’t take much to leave … Continue reading Repercussions
Embarking on a quest, one that’s been calling my name Need to find that place where parallel lines intersect Time to live life from the inside out Adventure’s whispering, cautiously creeping, staking a claim Bare feet stomping on shards of glass, no need to be circumspect Embarking on a quest, one that’s been calling my name Been a long, long time coming, mine that is … Continue reading The Quest
And on this day, we acquiesce on our knees and in our hearts as times of sorrow, bitter and precise, coalesce Endings strangle slowly in fits and false starts Some fail, others hesitate in these dark times A few brave men offer a mischievous nod to false obedience Each individual war is over as the final bell chimes All pay the price as they … Continue reading Broken Branches
Could it be that the sum of twisted experiences culminate in the ultimate self-sacrifice? When cords, those tenuous threads, that tie reality and perception together break a broken mind resists strangling tacit explanations as voices scream down every corridor She prefers to embrace anarchy as even simple beauty is swallowed by inky blackness Why else would there be a meadow of beautiful flowers growing in … Continue reading Breakdown
I was paper my ruled lines, empty anticipating worlds we’d create one word at a time I was open my blank spaces, ready willing to receive your wisdom one word at a time You, a Charmer of the most venomous snake, Master of Secrets, scheming creating optical illusions one word at a time I was unprepared my delicate skin, ripped frenetic writing undermining dreams one … Continue reading Paper Ambitions
Not so long ago, a world made of glass slowly reached an impasse At war with tenacious beliefs bolstered by the timidity of belief distorted They waited for dark times to pass Cracks begin to form — soon, a crevasse Devastation ensued en masse Repercussions sorted by leaders they’d once courted in this world made of glass Counting minutes passing through an hourglass Desperately hiding … Continue reading Never Forget
If I asked the questions would it be enough to break through the walls we build between us Without offering advice or suggestions I might have a chance to get to know you if I asked the questions It might give us the chance to discuss all that stands in the way of a chance to connect Would it be enough to break through? And … Continue reading Breaking Walls
