After a few weeks of new poems, I decided to reach back a couple years and dust one off. i stand connected too far from a future to see the right answers and too close to a past that contains […]
Category: poetry
Word Wednesday On A Friday
Through some interesting (and frustrating) mutations of my sleep schedule this week, Wednesday turned into a contest for survival and I didn’t post anything for Word Wednesday. So, rather than wrack my brain for something to write about today, I […]
An Expected Word Wednesday
First off, thank you to everyone for their kind words regarding yesterday’s post and our precious Mia. This week’s poem is from a few weeks back, during another burst of late night creativity. This time, I was reading Pablo Neruda […]
Parbaked Word Wednesday
I’ll freely admit that this poem is a bit on the underside of cooked. It started out of an afternoon of staring at the walls and wondering what to do with myself. Then, I asked myself the title as a […]
These Word Wednesdays
Have to confess that rather than writing consistently to start the year, it’s been stops and starts. Quick bursts of output and then days of dormancy. Since I don’t want to bore anyone more than they might already be, all […]
The Hill
I’d planned to post a poem this morning since Word Wednesday was pre-empted by the Inauguration, but there’s nothing that I could post that would be better than the poem Amanda Gorman read yesterday, “The Hill We Climb”. So, I […]
A Blue Word Wednesday
Part of the reason I enjoy Word Wednesday is that it gives me a good excuse to go back through dusty old digital folders looking for something to post. Sometimes, that’s all I find. Other times, it’s like opening a […]
A Shout For Word Wednesday
Thinking of what to post this morning, I started to wonder what was on my mind a decade ago. Back into the digital filing structure for the folder marker “2010” and there was a wealth of documents staring me down. […]
Who Wants To Live Forever?
Was tipped to a new poet that I’m looking forward to reading a whole lot more from, Nicole Sealey (@Nic_Sealey). Here’s something to think about… The First Person Who Will Live to Be One Hundred and Fifty Years Old Has […]
A Newsworthy Word Wednesday
I know it’s hard to believe, but reading the news these days can be a bit of a downer. It seems the more information I take in, the more fatalistic I become. It’s an easy time to be jaded and […]