To What End

I was useless as a rain gutter In Palm Springs in August, Wishing vainly for a cloud. Blank as a sheet of paper Staring at some pitiable poet Who’s lost his only pen. Then I found you. -~-~-~-~ For ReadWritePoem’s NaPoWriMo Prompt #2; RWP acronyms used as inspiration: rain water pipe, regular white paper.

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A Story of Her Own

Once upon a time the Hudson flowed Free and joyous past empty stretches of land, Its music punctuated only by The sound of the wind in the trees And the cries of birds and The occasional mammalian footfall. But that was long ago and Once you told me you loved me, too. And waking once, [...]

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On Belonging

Waving palm fronds may Shade her brow today but No matter where she goes Her toes are sunk deep In the red clay of Georgia. Once you’ve lived there It is in you always.

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On Resilience

I’ve seen how the warmth returns, When crocuses push through the frozen ground, Their fragile spring-green arms raised parallel To one another in their hopeful reaching for the sun In answer to the earth’s mysterious call. I’ve watched children on the playground Toss a dodge ball back and forth – Give it just one bounce [...]

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On Loss

She tried it on for size, Testing out the shape of a world One person lighter. It wouldn’t button up, The fit was far too snug, The color, really, was all wrong, And she’d never liked buttons anyway. She wished it had a zipper but it didn’t and She couldn’t do a damn thing about [...]

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Drawing a Line in the Sand (NaPoWriMo)

Well, tomorrow begins National Poetry Writing Month, and I’ve decided at the last minute to take part.  As those of you who stop by from time to time no doubt have noticed, my posting frequency has taken a nosedive recently.  I’ve been overloaded. Overworked.  Overstressed.  Too many things all at once – one VERY good thing [...]

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