True survival means that you find the best of things Even from my childhood I learned this to be true Mom was a stranger but I’m thankful that I am alive I couldn’t stay with Grandma but the best I have of her thrives He…
Category: Miscellaneous
Kids those days
It wasn’t easy but we made it through together food was scarce new clothes a luxury held by the arms of many mothers we knew love and they knew all of our bedtimes
Childhood-Hour 23
Part One- I am my parents’ daughter I carry their poverty Their goodness Their work ethic Their sadness Their height Their love of music and books Part 2 I am the youngest Made fun of by siblings I was the smallest The weakest Smart, but…
Here at Last
The Sun is a warm brilliant ember, that not only warms the body, it warms the soul. To be be able to set in the sunshine once more, and soak up it’s brilliance. To feel it’s warming love, caress the earth, to watch the flowers…
Baby Girl
Stuck in the middle of things, Overhearing it, I just want to be a kid.
Playground Days
Everything was simpler when worries consisted of who to play four square with on the playground Life was easier, when nights were spent watching Yugioh in bed, while munching on fruit snacks The most complex part of fourth grade was creating a new dance with…
Prompt 27/Rust
Everyday, we find reason to drive past the trainyard where the river runs along the north of the city. Under JMW Turner clouds, the lazy cluster of rusted cars huddles in plain sight; Dylan’s idiot wind takes no pity on the overgrowth of dandelions taking…
Hour 23 THE WRONG ONE
Who makes decisions About mountain tops above Trees yet below God
pantoum #3 into hour 23
Pantoum #3 hour 23 lost words- ancient symbols hag stones, wave through the veil light breaking, heart beating night retreating, birds tweeting hag stones, wave through the veil all the magic, begins within night retreating, birds tweeting lost, in a moment of art all…
Nature, nurture, not
Those from more rural locales find urban approaches to all things nature peculiar Nurturing of lawns cajoling green lushness only to immediately cut it once it gets too high, too lush symmetric containment of flowers pride in set aside green spaces massive cement bowls adorning…