Musical Words All my favorite words in music are friends…Rivers, Bayou, and Trees, all lead you Home to me. This is clear to see.  Thank you, Sylvan Esso, even though I missed you at the festival this year. They sing in a strong harmony,…

We ask to be respected to be treated with kindness and tact,   It leads me to think when we ask to be respected that we are in fact,   trying not to force a feeling hoping to inspire a trend, yet in the end…

How can it be? The earth is flat some say. Is this what happens when we go off the grid? Have we finally went over the deep end? What do we truly know? At least they made the claim! Can we at least back it…

Ten Years Ago Ten years ago, I had a different mind, yet the same heart. I knew not where I would be or that I would end up on the other side of the country to once again reunite with the four seasons. I am…

A project of the heart can be a chore. Valentine’s Day is not about love. Taste the sweetness of defeat. I feel the sound of your heart. ASH I heard someone spell out your name in four letters long in Port Townsend. Love can be…

H – Helping others to overcome trials, challenges, disasters, and despair. O – Overcoming prejudice to offer love and assistance to all, no matter their color or gender or sexual practices. P – Promising to perform to the best of our abilities within our communities…

Skies filled with white clouds fluffy and untainted by gasses and crud Brilliant sparks of radiant sunshine piercing straight through Azure waters gently lap the shore pink sand free of debris and trash River beds strewn with rocks not plastic or paper hats Forests grown…

Pizza pizza we love pizza Pizza here pizza there Pizza everywhere Even pizza in our hair I like mine white in white no red sauce on mine if you please Most like salsa and mozzarella Just white cheese for me is all I need Keep…

It was only a nap Just a half hour That was all I needed I set an alarm I couldn’t stay awake I slept past it My final poem Late

Running water soothes the soul replenishes the soil cleans the spirit calms the mind Running water from the rain feeds the plants revives the trees flows deep to cool and ease Running water in my bath a deep blue lagoon of blue Pretending instead it’s…