Poem: Tear-Shaped Pain
Always a poet, lately I've been experimenting with shaped poems, where I write the poem into a corresponding shape. It's challenging and...
Poem: 'Lil Bit of Light
The harshness of you hits and strangles my hope absorbs everything in the room Sops all of life up like a towel. Takes all that makes me...
Being Relevant
When I was a pious 25-year-old who was going to change the world because no one else knew how, I had a job at a dress shop. It was a...
Rainbows: A Love Letter in the Sky
Colors mean something. Isn't that the whole premise of a mood ring? Use the changing colors to decipher someone's mood? Don't interior...
Nestin' to Bestin'
Day after day I'm hating this empty nesting thing. I go to work, I come home, I cry. Rinse and repeat. Today I had an epiphany though....
A Lifetime Ago
Seems like a whole lifetime passed since my last post. And technically it did. What a whirlwind of emotion! From driving 7 hours to visit...
Somewhere in Time
Not sure why I started Independence Day like this, but I finished watching a movie I started yesterday, Somewhere in Time. The movie is a...
Like a Wildflower
I'm feeling poetic this morning and it's all due to my backyard, token wildflower. A couple of years ago I went to a wildflower market in...
Are We Two-Faced?
That was my question to myself today. A friend called early this morning and asked me if she was really my friend. I was floored....
At It Again
Last week I had a surge to write again. After having a lightning bolt idea hit me, I needed to reshape my story. I was on fire too! It...
