today this is exactly what it is the end of the beginning a death before birth as if the sun has set long before dawn sometimes it seems the things we need have been swallowed before they’ve been chewed so I guess now it’s gone though it’s never been here but this thing can’t be [...]
One of my favorite Dr. Seuss books has always been The Lorax, and it has inspired all sorts of artistry in me over the years, tree-hugging, pseudo-hippie-freak, liberal environmentalist and conservationist, and reincarnated dryad that I am. It’s always been incredibly important to me to instill the same love of nature in my children. [...]
It’s a new year. Everyone is doing these turning of time posts. A year in review. Resolutions. Goals. Hopes. Dreams. Prayers… All I can think is… I don’t wanna fail. So I’m not doing any of that. I’m not setting myself up with goals or resolutions that I’m not going to come close to [...]
This bandage has completely shredded It’s never been quite right And we could never make it stay I never was a doctor I’m far too squiggy for that This cure’s become the illness Further reason for your pain Despite intended purpose It irritates and siphons more Of the raw and dripping red So much [...]
It’s been a while since I’ve done this. Not just blogging, but sitting in front of blank screen, not having any clue as to the direction of my post. But that’s where my mind has been lately: a blank screen. I sit often and wonder what direction my thoughts will take. They wander. More [...]
it’s dangerous we know… and pulls at our fears swirled in the tears dragging our words… like we only know the things shoved undertow how can we fight this… acknowledged untrue ripping wind through you the craft isn’t solid… and it’s fallen apart forever lost to the dark
Apparently, my love of words is contagious and I tend to call out the inner poets in others. As a passionate writer, poet, and editor (and former writing teacher), my friends occasionally find themselves caught up in the poetic frenzy in which I live and feel the need to try it out for themselves. When this [...]
She knew their secretscould name each oneas they laughedand made their “jokes”not once realizingthat truth would astoundand the things they held closeand hid under the skinweren’t fictionor so far away
What you see is the intricate the thousands of details the tiny stones within you engage in the trivia of type, origin and history cut, color, and value and the reason that all of it matters What we see is abstract and what brings it together the beauty this picture creates through interplay of parts and [...]
It’s little more than a breezea moment on the skinIt’s only a minutebefore the flutter sets in It’s something you knowa simple look, a glanceWhere you finally feelyou can take a chance It feels so simplein the moment you feellike all that you wantedbecomes less than surreal It’s one simple worda meaningful nodwhere eyes burn [...]
