100%
posted about 1 month ago | 5 comments
Either give it 100%
or don’t bother trying,
he used to say.
This is the same man who
gave up on medical school
when I came along
(using me as an excuse);
the man I spent a childhood loving to please;
the man I worried wouldn’t love me
unless...
or don’t bother trying,
he used to say.
This is the same man who
gave up on medical school
when I came along
(using me as an excuse);
the man I spent a childhood loving to please;
the man I worried wouldn’t love me
unless...
The Visitor
posted about 1 month ago | 4 comments
She sat hunched over in her wheelchair
All alone in a hallway
Smelling of hopelessness and neglect
Nurses passed and said nothing
Took no notice of her sitting there
She drooled a little
And the spittle rolled down her cheek
Falling in drops to...
All alone in a hallway
Smelling of hopelessness and neglect
Nurses passed and said nothing
Took no notice of her sitting there
She drooled a little
And the spittle rolled down her cheek
Falling in drops to...
Resolutions, Bucket Lists, and Useless Thoughts
posted about 1 month ago | 6 comments
1. It takes nine months to create a child but only one impulsive moment to take your life into the Twilight Zone and many moons after that to recover your equilibrium. This is apropos of nothing.
2. I forgot to make resolutions on January 1st so...
2. I forgot to make resolutions on January 1st so...
lost time
posted 4 months ago | 5 comments
the days grow longer but
there aren't enough minutes in today
or a hundred yesterdays
to finish that project intended to
show someone how much they mean to me;
not enough time
to take back the choked screams of my children
raging for all the...
there aren't enough minutes in today
or a hundred yesterdays
to finish that project intended to
show someone how much they mean to me;
not enough time
to take back the choked screams of my children
raging for all the...
Heart & Soul
posted 10 months ago | 1 comment
"Life is never a straight line," she said.
"So where do I go next?"
"Go home to yourself," I said.
"Take your heart and soul with you."
"So where do I go next?"
"Go home to yourself," I said.
"Take your heart and soul with you."
Avoiding the Truth
posted 12 months ago, updated 2 minutes later | 0 comments
The Challenge: Write a poem of 12 lines about avoiding the truth. Within each line there must be three words beginning with the same letter but each line must focus on a different letter. You can repeat one of the letters in the last line or...
Trying On Genes
posted about 1 year ago, updated 5 minutes later | 6 comments
I received
23 chromosomes from my father
23 chromosomes from my mother
about 30,000 genes from them both
Dad was 6'1, blonde, blue-eyed, large boned.
He had sensitive skin that blotched red and burned easily,
extra-long limbs, a short torso and...
23 chromosomes from my father
23 chromosomes from my mother
about 30,000 genes from them both
Dad was 6'1, blonde, blue-eyed, large boned.
He had sensitive skin that blotched red and burned easily,
extra-long limbs, a short torso and...
Separateness
posted about 1 year ago | 7 comments
The challenge: Write a poem of thirteen lines, using a number (or implying a number) on each line. The topic: mornings with a loved one.
the two of us sit in separate rooms
at 10 am each morning
okay with the space between us; three
different...
the two of us sit in separate rooms
at 10 am each morning
okay with the space between us; three
different...
Dark Child of Depression
posted about 1 year ago | 13 comments
i wrote a poem this morning
of hope, romance, love's blossoming
but I realized, after reading it,
that in the spaces between the words
my depression lurked,
dark and threatening
yes, i kept the poem
but won't post or send it. . .
at least not...
of hope, romance, love's blossoming
but I realized, after reading it,
that in the spaces between the words
my depression lurked,
dark and threatening
yes, i kept the poem
but won't post or send it. . .
at least not...
Beautiful Sunset
posted about 1 year ago | 6 comments
I see a beautiful sunset in 360-degree splendor
Daylight bursting with a last hurrah
Swirls of pink dancing across the sky
Hand-in-hand with fading blue
In a ballet of Love’s last breath
O how I wish I could paint its colors on the page
Or...
Daylight bursting with a last hurrah
Swirls of pink dancing across the sky
Hand-in-hand with fading blue
In a ballet of Love’s last breath
O how I wish I could paint its colors on the page
Or...
