Blessed Silence

A poem

You who seek silence
Of a kind that often has as a companion
Peace
And occasionally brings…

My Father Was…

So that’s what he was

A Tooth

A sonnet

A tooth was found in this small plastic box, 
Far under rock in this deep dark ravine.
The root of this…

Corona — Just Get Out!

How I wish this pandemic to end

The Lake

Not just a body of water

Poetry

I Cannot Tell a Lie / Lies

Story of a poem

Love and Madness

A fragment

Women are loving and wonderful — sure, sure.

Now Or Later

Poem on personal internal struggles

I Surrender My All

Poem

Poetry

Do Ordinary Single Moms Have Secrets? #7

This one does

Cups of Tea

Tell me a secret
Whisper it into my cupped hands
And let it flow in-between
Those little gaps that separate
Each of my eager fingers.

The Freewheeling Writer

Writing for the fun enjoyment and thrill of the art

I Would Date an Android

I mean — have you seen Detroit — become human

The Gift

A poem

A lone flower grew through the cracks
Of the sidewalk as I passed by

Fire Hurts Water

We have created a warming

Spring

Yesterday was cold!
Miserable grey, but hey!
Spring is here today.

I am That I am

If you want something, go and get it
If you do not want something, leave it alone
But be willing to accept the consequences, either…

Beauty

A short poem

Above the brains,
My mind adjusts to the higher altitude.
Above the clouds,
the world I see.

Understanding Morning

We all know what we are told — thinking ourselves we can find why