Funny how some hip people simply talk and talk and talkExhausting all the easy scales and saying nothing smartWe sashay onto the dance floor and sway to a single noteReMiFaSoLaTiDo…
None but yourself can pave the way for youNone can prepare you for all the tempestsYou must fit your boat--well-angled sail throughUnder fine blue skies and waters freshest If on…
The duration doesn’t matter, what matters is that you give your all to friendships—even if today all you have is a hole—such interstices sustain us. Happy friendship month.
Hotel de los corazones rotos–The hotel of broken hearts Hello, my precious Readers. Happy February. Yay! January was not a good month for me--the incidents here in my home countryfelt like…
For Frank’s Haibun Monday at dVerse: Breathe https://dversepoets.com/2024/01/29/haibun-monday-1-29-24-breath/ We gathered for the silent retreat aptly called “nothing or everything.” It focusedon three things: to promote stillness to develop a deeper…
Small Kindnessesby Danusha Laméris I've been thinking about the way, when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless…
Hello friends, The Tale Of Genji—have you read it? Why not? Don’t answer that, dear one. But today I want to tell you thatGenji Monogatari by Murasaki Shikibu has me…
And this Mama Bear will be retreating to her den shortly. I just couldn’t help myself about this prompt. Next thing I know, I’m creating a post on my phone. Hope you enjoy it. And—happy holidays.
Another honor to have my poem nesting in this lovely literary magazine. Hotel de los corazones rotos–The hotel of broken hearts Hello, my precious Readers. My cup runs over with…
Kigo words that describe the season for the area where I live. And a bit about the food tradition of the area. I hope you enjoy this post. Season’s Blessings to you wherever you may be.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "A Brave and Startling Truth" is a poem by Maya Angelou. Critic Richard Long called it her "second 'public' poem". Angelou delivered it in June 1995, at the 50th…