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 stirsA little coffeeInto her cream and sugarIntense effort hidingThe salted dropsThat percolateSteadily When she thinks that no one sees She shrugsAs slowly testingWith mug raised to her lipsThe unnaturally sweetShe chokes backFeeling wrongSickly When she knows no one will hear She drownsGuilty waste pouredLike syrup down the drainTraded for frigid cubesTreading bitter blackStinging herDarkly
Those eyes are mine and your thoughts my mirror I am your daughter You’re not perfect and we’ll often disagree but what’s comforting here is that I’m not either just like you I’ve inherited more than just DNA I’ll become who I am with the strength gained from you
bittersweet memories roll in my mind like the dark liquid caressing my tongue contemplative of darkest sincerity of deepest disparity determining verity hereditary in the remembrance of loved ones long past in moments here and gone captivating sensing the rhythms pulsing between enamored with mystery reassuring in warmth consoling in strength sustaining in familiarity confiding [...]
skies lit with fire as day descends on patriotic duty and domestic necessity in zen-like state of melancholy deliberately manipulating each item’s place within somnambulatory sighs the air smells of summer while words tastes of coffee as conflicting conversations turn to soaring through the air infant rodent lives are saved while giggling over medals the day [...]
I made it through my first day of jury duty. It wasn’t so bad… Aside from a lot of “hurry up and wait” today, I met a lot of cool people and played spades for hours. Without little people interrupting every 10 minutes. Almost got called to trial this afternoon, but didn’t make the final [...]
When I was a freshman in college, I brought my best friend (who was from upstate New York) home with me for Fall Break. Since I only lived about 45 minutes or so from school and my family actually cared that I came home for the break and brought friends, this worked well for both [...]
God lives in a cup of coffee. I know. People think I’m strange when I tell them that. I really do believe it though. Some people drink coffee. It is nothing more than a tool to be used to gain the beloved awake/alert status. Some people don’t even like it, but they NEED it. [...]
