Fear left without a backward glance (hour 12)

Black, white, and brown skin colours lost meaning when we gathered to celebrate the One who had so much done in need and in deed   the worship was electric the mood ecstatic the environment terrific   Time lost its meaning as no one was…

Prompt Eight: (image prompt) Count and Capture

You watch him close for sleight of hand take the measure of this man the moves he makes the pieces he takes not because he has to but because he can So deftly he defeats his foe through uncompromising blow after blow and how his…

Barking Dogs

We are surrounded by multiple barking dogs two are standard poodles with the worst one a former champion. I suppose we are all a bit beneath them in the hierarchy of the world. We have had worse dog neighbors like the three pit bulls who…

Virtually Gathering

“For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them.”–Matthew 18:20 (KJV)   Intensity is multiplied by crowds when more than just a few gather round. But does this still hold true virtually? Rows of zeroes…

Diaspora, Hour Twelve

Diaspora Our family is a Viking horde, descended from hardy Swedes and Norwegians amid a colorful range of other backgrounds. Fifty to one hundred people we consider family have gathered together around a pool every 4th of July thirty-six of the last thirty-seven years, excluding…

Gathering of theSister Creatives.

Sister Creatives. The sister creatives have gathered in my heart. Friends and strangers who give voice to Beauty andHope. Women who hear the universal call in these troubled times to notice out loud as it threads itself in golden connections linking the deepest groaning of…

that one 4th of july

you remember the one. at ricci’s in brooklyn so fucking fun. with everyone you knew and liked laughter, gossip, cold beer, chill hiphop we knew every single word to. gorgeous weather card games, barbecue, pot brownies galore and you went alone but that moment he…

Life Cycles

We stayed in Seattle for 2 months when my husband had his stem-cell transplant. Our building was owned and operated by the cancer center for that purpose. We could walk to the clinic and to grocery stores. The building was across the street from a…

Text Prompt-Poem 12 Gatherings can be challenging

Gatherings with others Can be challenging especially if you have been rejected Also if you suffer from Anxiety it can be damaging As you don’t want to socialise anymore with friends You sometimes hide away in isolation You have cut off from friends and family…