Chuck! Maggie’s faithfully repugnant groundhog visits every day. He knows she can’t come out to play. He’d best be glad; he makes her frightfully mad! Maggie sits at the window on serious duty, Just waiting for him to come for his booty. Sometimes she sees him,…

Ew…drips down my face, salty, getting in my eyes, but at least I try!

His tomato plants teach me how to love him, even in his absence. I have been collecting my father for years. Pieces of him. But the tomato seeds, he sent in a fold of paper, taped together like a tiny envelope with the seeds tucked…

A friend from elementary school through high school and beyond calls me. She’s back in our home town, showing her adult children our old neighborhood. Do I remember my old house number? A short time later I’m looking at a minutes-old digital photo of the…

Wheel of Fortune Eagle soars the unclouded cerulean sky spotting field mice, rabbit, and the neighborhood cat sunning or scampering in the open field. I must hunt for my babies, as you must hunt for yours she cries. the cashew cheese you have adapted delights…

A breath to great trepidation, the watch point arrived. She took things in through the chest, smiling among the wreckage. My time in dwindling smoke arrived, beginning above ruffled eyes– Coffee and a signature made my way, through disjointed movements, a self-conscious glance at a…

Once there was a lordly sheep, a ram “I am”, not following the herd but breaking new ground. Challenging the sheep dog while seeking new pastures, preferring the rapids instead of still waters. Never was he a sacrificial lamb–not he. Nor was he like Mary’s…

It doesn’t take much to feel the sting of the world now. Too much trauma, violence, sadness, and personal drama play out everyday. Gone are the wholesome “Beaver”-esque ways of life because everything has changed. And change isn’t always bad, but it is what we…

A Cat   A cat will not bite A cat will not scratch A cat will play fetch A cat will look up to you A cat will chase cars A cat will chase the mailman A cat will run after cars A cat will…

Blocked, stuck, out of focus Words gone somewhere, can’t find them What’s a girl to do!!   Creative juices Where are you, when I need you Maybe I’m “hangry!”   Not even half way Poetry Marathon 3 3 for me, that is.   Second wind,…