More Than Enough

“Take some more tea,” the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.

“I’ve had nothing yet,” Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more.”

“You mean you can’t take less,” said the Hatter.
“it’s very easy to take more than nothing.”

 

 

More Than Enough

More

always more

. . . → Read More: More Than Enough

I’m Afraid to Read Ann Voskamp

“What are you hiding?” She asked.

I stared at her. “What do you mean?” (It probably really came out like “Whaddayamean?”)

I’d been transcribing reports for Heidi, a rehabilitation nurse, for several months.

“I tell you about my family, stuff I’m doing, but you never tell me anything about you. It’s like you’re in the Mafia or something.”

I was . . . → Read More: I’m Afraid to Read Ann Voskamp

Are We Crazy?

Absolutely free!

But it can cause worse damage

yellow lace, age spots

from rusting.

Drives you a little crazy.

Rust–one of the toughest stains,

but all you really need

is the safer substitute,

a splash of something.

Swish!

A sweeter smelling way,

a . . . → Read More: Are We Crazy?

To Greet the God in Me

Within the fence I limp

searching for my soul

past faded cones and

seeds still clinging to the tree

past algaed walls and

rubbled piles of loss

and buried dreams

a grendeled past

of fear

and shame.

And though I wear

the helmet of . . . → Read More: To Greet the God in Me

Sweet Red Symphony

 

 

Love whispers petals

crushed on tongues of salty grief

that bleed a sweet red symphony

and rises on the wings of hope.

Words would just not come this month for Tweetspeak Poetry’s February prompt of red. So today I played with magnetic words and came up with these . . . → Read More: Sweet Red Symphony

Love and Stillness

Be still

and know

I AM.

Know

I AM

and

be still.

Reposting this from the archives because my words have been stilled this week.

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But now thoughts travel.

I remember silence across miles.

A bench seat center.

Knee to . . . → Read More: Love and Stillness

Time Out to Celebrate Megan

(Reposting this from October because it just seems fitting today.)

Lyla Lindquist is celebrating, too.

Be sure to join the party at her place.

And we’re celebrating with Jennifer over at Getting Down with Jesus.

SUNRISE

by Megan Willome

It’s disgraceful

All this color

Splattered

Pink flung

. . . → Read More: Time Out to Celebrate Megan

Because it’s My Birthday: Horseshoe Lake (revisited)

I planned to skip today.

I mean, celebrating my birthday with the one who gave me birth being gone now two days shy of only two months just seemed–well, too hard.

I even stripped my birthdate off my Facebook profile so it could pass quietly.

I tried to share my feelings with one family member–perhaps not very . . . → Read More: Because it’s My Birthday: Horseshoe Lake (revisited)

Lacustrine Heart

Unravel the day

in solferino rivers

that flow to

Eden’s cor.

Unzip my skin,

unwrap lacustrine heart

beside the Horseshoe,

my world’s waters,

and let me simply drink

of Adam’s ale.

Inspired by the morning sky. Not adequately captured by The Droid.

. . . → Read More: Lacustrine Heart

To My Mother: A Villanelle

I held you captive in my sight
while evil fingers burrowed deep, and
I heard you crying in the night.

While you focused on the light
and pumpkin-apple deer stood watch
I held you captive in my sight.

You pulled strings, made magic sleight
with finger-writing in the air, . . . → Read More: To My Mother: A Villanelle