I’m sunk into a red sports chair in the shade under the backyard maple. The site of the Great Lilac Massacre is behind me and in front is the home of the baby bluebird murders. In my mind, I still see the blood-splashed walls and little pecked heads. The grandgirl no longer plays softball, […]
Old Jeans, New Jeans (A Poetry Prompt)
Old Jeans, New Jeans We traveled from up north and downstate, met in the middle of the mitten for family time at an indoor waterpark. Then, after showers and pizza (cheese, veggie, and meat supreme), we cut shoe patterns out of old jeans in our hotel room to give some soles some hope. The grandgirl grimaced […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 8
And all at once I noticed the sky. Word Count: 8 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. A first line poem starter (and ender) inspired by an Every Day Poem in my inbox–“The Blue” by Joseph Hutchison , author of Bed of Coals. Want to play along and maybe […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 12
Dew Shimmering orbs glitter and dance on the grassy ballroom floor, dipping dots. Word Count: 12 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. A first line poem starter inspired by an Every Day Poem in my inbox–“Form and Void” by Barbara Crooker, author of Selected Poems. Want to play […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 15
On Trying on Clothes It is plainly in our living shown By fit of feathers how we have grown. Word Count: 15 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy A first line poem starter inspired by an Every Day Poem in my […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 17
Beware of Mangos Beware of mangos that stone your toes in the grocery aisle, rollaway apples, and cranky produce men. Word Count: 17 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy A first line poem starter inspired by an Every Day Poem in my […]
One Less Word For Lent 2015 – 29
A Hint of Things I can know you as a hint of things, like a mist that streams across the field, a slow, sacred dance in dawn’s sanctuary. Give me vision to see. Word Count: 29 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy A first line […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 34
The pencil’s the thing that scratches down my cor, turns me inside out. But this lead wobbles like a loose tooth. That tip is a splintered dry socket. And I can’t find a pen. Word Count: 34 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy […]
What If? (A Glass Slipper Sonnet)
And now for something a little more light-hearted. Do you get a poem in your inbox from Everyday Poems each weekday morning? You should. It’s only 5.99 for an annual subscription, and whether you write poetry or not, it’s good for what ails you. Or what doesn’t ail you. It’s just plain good for you. […]
Jack-knife of Many Trades
Jack-Knife of Many Trades He rapped it on the heel of his hand, then ran the blade around the edge to scrape the cake, opened the pouch and inhaled the sweetness of Red Virginia ribbons, “notes of tea and toast.” He filled the bowl by pinches, tamped it, clamped it between his teeth, lit, drew, exhaled memories that swirled in […]
