Hour Twenty-Three My brain is pudding a casserole of deliberation charbroiled musings a culinary art. A souffle of hapless meanderings sticking to the bottom of the deadpan stare of a sleep-deprived wordsmith. I take the spatula of resolve and chisel away at metaphors- with eyes…

The night drags on and still I sit here Alone in my room with just my pen with me These are the nights to be remembered fondly Where a task was given and was then completed I have stood against the night and I have…

I still recall the email An invitation of a lifetime A chance to meet a top tier publisher Her people reached out to me I felt instant elation and sorrow I had no way of getting to the meeting It was a time before ride-sharing…

Creation invites expression- connection- a place of communion, an exploration of self. I like having you near me just doing your own thing. You are one of my favorite beings in all of creation.

5 one-line pomes about: hope, stardust, cheese, sleep, & shoes i. hope sleeps in cheese shoes ii. shoes hop over sleeping stardust iii. sleep cheesy hope in your stardust shoes iv. cheese stardust slopes hopewards v. stardust chews sleep and shows hope

Hope Hope for the best in all situations If anyone has told me I would finish the 24 hour marathon I lost hope when I took a nap I came back on and could not find the publish button I did not give up but…

hope for the best that’s what everyone said but how to hope in hope when one is confused and sans hope when all i see is the caterpillar me and what i want it s butterfly to be i want to believe, lord please help…

42 Bookers 2015-21 it might only be a little life but it is my life & i am unwilling to exit west to lose everything under the overstory. i am a satin island in a sea of fishermen born in the year of the runaways…

I told myself I’d never again open my heart or let someone in. But you came knocking at my door. And my spirit whispered ”try once more.” I flung open the door— a trust fall without fear. You strode into my heart. I’m so glad…

Acknowledgement: ‘How to use your Healing Power’ by Dr Joseph Murphy speaking of wounds did you know that you can heal yourself that you can heal of wounds past and present that you can heal from emotional and physical hurts through a simple process as…