The Silence Of The Night!

The silence of the night introduces me to someone, Someone who is very close to me, and yet I haven’t seen from years, And lost it in my fast pacing life. The pale bluish winter moon, creates a blurred pic of an infant face who…

Muse #1: The Tiger

Muse #1:  The Tiger Frannie Z   Sometimes he brings ecstasy: his fur ripples when we touch, and his eyes on fire flash, but do not menace.   Sometimes he pounces, and I must dodge his claws and run.   Sometimes his feet surf high…

Who Knows

Who knows? God may relent and change his mind; Jonah 3:9 morning does not bother to say hello, jostles me, interrupts my dream what it was I wanted to do did I hope to smite my enemies sleep with Jezebel follow Boaz to new land…

A Promise

The Pages are so smooth They too want to get drenched in words.   The pen glides in compassion Wants to bleed all the pain, wants to dance a lot in joy!   The mind is busy, It doesn’t want any thought to be missed…

In My Defense, I Was Left Unsupervised

I could not hold my tongue or watch my mouth. The temptation was too great! I could not be still as a house or quiet as a mouse. Because I was five, or ten, or thirty I could not think before I acted or use…

Prompt 1

Cosmic Joke 65,000 years ago A star’s heart exploded, Spreading the message of its death In neutrinos and fire. My husband was the first to know, But never knew he knew, Until the cosmic Humorist Decided to tell him. He has wondered over the years,…

Hope in a Dark World

I saw a world in shambles Lost and broken; in despair Without some form of anchor To hold its peacetime wear But deep within that sadness A faint beacon still remained Within the little children To whom hate must be explained For they know not of…

Mother’s Morning Music

Alert! It’s time to begin. Again Birds rejoicing for clear or cloudy skies. Either way they fly. Cricket percussion keeping the rhythm of a tropical sounding serenade. Dogs even chime in to great a great new day. Mother is the conductor. Good Morning. The new…

Coming of Age

I illuminated dreams screaming to be embarked upon unwillingly youth often comes last while energy is drained away into outside its ways begging to cling generational to generational lasting only a few seconds for rapidly growing kids hungered damning their youth in effort to separate…

Words Matter

Hasten to listen like grass springing after a rainfall Hear every utterance Words Matter   Refrain use of a quick tongue before action seems foolish For what is said can thud like stone Words Matter   Relieve stress allow bitterness to not inhibit your mouth…