I feel close but far, at home and one step out into a familiarity that refuses to recognize me, Like the glittery flower shop across the road that doesn’t sell anything I can ever like even if i love it Like the cars all big…

  Come, tell me a new joke Rescue me from these humorless doldrums And share a warm feeling I’ve forgotten to feel Let me forget those daily self-important screams I want to feel that joy, let me sound it out loud And let it all…

Juliette was without her Romeo She lived in the deep blue sea. Juliette was a squeamish whale would didn’t like shrimp. She a dreamed one day of walking on land. Her qualms about being a sea monster did not fit her pedigree. Juliette longed for…

Humour touches the essence of humanity. As the world grows dreary, one simple joke, action, or musing can bring the sun back before those smiling. So bright that words sting and the belly aches. Tears shed (happy one’s, I promise). All can be united by…

Gone are the days that’ve passed us by No one to retrieve a tear we’ve already cried Try as we might, scars never heal Forever is trapped in jaws of steel Caged behind bars of doubt From within the body watches the soul without Captured…

In the temple of the banyan tree set within the circle of a zoo where men were kept in tiger cages and children held out sugar cane to friendly elephants I saw where gods lived. On the fragrant curls of incense deeply smoked into the…

stillness meditates as ripples whisper to winds- placid reflections

2022 prompt/hour 10: “owl is stupid – about being smart …bc trauma-anxiety is real”   ~~~~ Position Vacant: Magister Library Owl Desirable characteristics *older owl *needs to be willing to dress the part when on duty *needs to be able to pull off wise-owl-owl voice…

Anchored by the support of our twining paths  strengthened by mutual desire we become spiraled promises seeking communion 

The tree of many trunks Our growing family picnics (poem written to picture prompt)