Pages

▼
Showing posts with label poems. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poems. Show all posts
Friday, August 23, 2013

Hiding from truth

›
I keep myself safe in the world of my own design Erasing people who disagree Keeping me the way I want to see and be I become a pers...
6 comments:
Sunday, July 21, 2013

Love is a four letter word

›
Love warms my lips, The four-letter-word, The word I hesitate to use, It makes me vulnerable, It means I care, It makes all of the oth...
5 comments:
Friday, August 3, 2012

Defending the faith

›
Chick-Fil-A, Love Wins, Hermoine in 50 Shades of Grey Hey, how's a believer to answer back? Wring our hands? Spout vitriol on the ...
8 comments:
Friday, July 27, 2012

Summer night walk

›
 I can't lie, my son took this picture Footsteps clip clap in flip flops.  Headlights sweep 'cross dirty feet.  Drizz...
11 comments:
Friday, July 20, 2012

What comes of whining

›
I speak my need as you requested. You’re busy with chores.  I shouldn’t be crying. You get angry. I give up, more easily than I ty...
10 comments:
Saturday, May 19, 2012

The drive home

›
Thunk, thunk, thunk of tires on pavement as the car weaves through the thick traffic of I95. We tease a few more miles per hour out of th...
10 comments:
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Sprinter (haiku)

›
February first Pleasant balmy cloudless sky I dub thee Sprinter I will miss Em's meme at Imperfect Prose .  I learned so much about ...
9 comments:
Thursday, January 19, 2012

Poison ivy

›
Fear took me over and stirred my thoughts Mixing the compost of dark thoughts through my fertile mind My imagination grew a vine of dread ...
6 comments:
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Christmas tree haiku

›
Bare tree with baubles Silver icicles drip down Can you see the cross?
12 comments:
Sunday, December 4, 2011

Sunday 160 - Making bread

›
Bad choices make great stories Do they not? Fodder & grist for the mill Mixed with her tears Baked with his ire I will enjoy the fr...
7 comments:
Friday, December 2, 2011

56 similes found in in the Post or hs student papers (or neither, but they’re still hilarious)

›
I'm always looking for ways to improve my writing.  Especially to improve my poetry.  I think similes are so helpful in bringing words t...
8 comments:
Wednesday, October 26, 2011

November

›
A swirl of steam wraps 'round Cinnamon apple caramel cream Dreams of leaf beds concealing me Heaps of sweets say November's near ...
14 comments:
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Why social justice doesn't work and OWS won't make a difference

›
This is a parable called the River . A group of people are standing at a river bank and suddenly hear the cries of a baby.  Shocked, they ...
19 comments:
Wednesday, October 12, 2011

See the Light

›
Red light!  Stop! Halt all action on the street. 99% are taking over. Take my picture.  Instagram. I'm a tweeting bird on the wirele...
14 comments:
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Procrastination

›
Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task. ~ William James True this. I've got a few thing hanging ov...
6 comments:
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Balloon ride

›
Indigo skies await me Held breath and cold feet How high will I fly? Colors glow Fires blow hot air How soon will I fly? Crowd grows...
24 comments:
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Kisses from my son

›
My son is kissing me on the cheek every day I try not to flinch We have had so much distance in our lives Since he became a man. My son...
9 comments:
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

School's here

›
Three, two, one Summer is done Shortened days Lunchroom trays School in session Answer the question Join the throng As days speed alo...
27 comments:
Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Zingers

›
Like musical notes on a staff Sit birds in an orderly manner While below their tiny feet Whiz voltage of uncounted measure Calmly I typ...
13 comments:
Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Hot weather

›
I feel the air on my skin Wet, hot, thick Like walking through a blanket It slaps my cheeks and soaks my neck I feel the sun on my ski...
19 comments: