Is she posting in real time? Yes, dear reader, your eyes do not deceive you. A poem for the actual day. Stranger things have happened. I wrote this yesterday. Yay to moments of inspiration while waiting for a cardio class to begin. I should tell you that I'm a big fan of allegory. In artwork, …
National Poetry Month: Les Poèmes (#14,15,16,17)
I'm starting to enjoy sharing poetry in bulk with you, dear reader. It really speaks to my lazy/I'm old and forgetful and wait, I have a blog?/I have a 1,000 things to do side. Forgive me. We do what we can, huh? Below are poems for the past three days and today. All written by …
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National Poetry Month: Les Poèmes (#11, 12, 13)
Playing catch-up. These are all classics that I've loved since I laid eyes on them. This Is Just to Say William Carlos Williams (#11) I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold Harlem Langston Hughes …
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National Poetry Month: Les Poèmes (#8,9,10)
The weekend ran away from me, as did poetry. But not for long. Apparently, my muse can't abide by weekends. And yet she loves weekdays. What can you do? Speaking of her, below are my poetic offerings for Saturday, Sunday, and today. They share an interesting theme. Weekend Haiku #1 (Saturday) ah, what a weekend-- …
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National Poetry Month: Poème #7
Bon Friday, dear reader. Here's a piece I wrote a few years ago after a pretty cathartic conversation with close friends. Because that's how poetry functions for me: whereas fiction traverses the highways and byways of my imagination, poetry is every nuance and inch of the life I lead. Is that how it is for you? …
National Poetry Month: Poème #5
Hi, Poetry Lover. Wanted to share a classic today. I fell in love with this piece in college after more than one poetry professor introduced me to the wonder and complexity of Theodore Roethke. Please read and enjoy. In a Dark Time Theodore Roethke In a dark time, the eye begins to see, I meet …
National Poetry Month: Poème #4
Day 4 of NPM. Happy happy. This piece was written by me. One of my personal favorites: The Passage of Time we've run out of conversation, we've nothing left to say. we cannot abide by talk of the children, who now wrangle children of their own, expecting us to play with and to give back, …
National Poetry Month: Poèmes #2&3
Happy NPM. Because I missed Sunday, here's a piece for Sunday, written by me: Learning, Gratitude (Hindsight) To you. The heart should never be so revealed, so unaware of where the results will land. No more waiting when the answers are usually quite clearly there. No matter if you were moved. Time to move on. …
National Poetry Month: Poème #1
It's National Poetry Month, y'all. I'll commemorate by posting a poem a day. Some will be my own work, some classics. In any case, poetry will be had. Here's the first piece: "A poem is a spider web Spun with words of wonder, Woven lace held in place By whispers made of thunder." …
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.Â
I'll begin by reminding you, my dear reader, that I stopped drinking coffee in 2008. (See the story about the drums here.) This doesn't mean that I don't long for it like I long for the key to our villa. In fact, I miss that warmth and aroma like crazy. I've been guilty of sitting …
This Square Peg. 