Kindnessby Naomi Shihab Nye 1952 - Before you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weakened broth.What you held in…
Written for Sadje of the Keep It Alive Website https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/2024/05/13/what-do-you-see-238-may-13-2024 I Will Go With The Imposter When he comes uninvited and hungry assuredly and as endorsed as Godto take me…
Oh friends, have you read One Petal At A Time by Joni Caggiano? It’s a 136-page-long poetry collection/memoir that will bring warm and fast tears down your cheeksand make you wish none of this…
This week’s W3 is now live, pardners 😉 and it’s hosted by our wonderful PunamSharma! https://skepticskaddish.com/2024/05/08/w3-prompt-106-weave-written-weekly Please click on the link. This week the challenge is to write a Palindrome…
Friends, I wanted to recite this one into my phone but found something better.Please enjoy. https://youtu.be/kWDCCf1CYXI?si=sJVVy5t_HK59kvPM&t=268 Starts at 4:28 YouTube: https://youtu.be/kWDCCf1CYXI?si=sJVVy5t_HK59kvPM&t=268 Image by Melanie from Pixabay, Retouched on Canva Thanks for being here.…
How many sunsets, how many sunrises are in the span of 33 years? And how do you measure it?
In moments of great anxiety and enfeebling grief, conjure up that special place that brings you joy. Soar, then watch the enfeebling emotions flutter, drift off, and shift into nothing. Find joy.
Hello, my precious Readers. Spring has sprung! Another honor to have my poem nesting in this lovely literary magazine.I’m grateful to Editor: Michelle Ayon Navajas at The Hotel of Broken Hearts,for…
Firstly, a warm thank you to Editor Barbara Harris Leonhard for giving my poema nesting place in her magazine on the World Wide Web. For those unfamiliar with Masticadores USA, here’s a…
Emily Dickinson 1830–1886 Dear March—Come in—How glad I am—I hoped for you before—Put down your Hat—You must have walked—How out of Breath you are—Dear March, how are you, and the…
Okie dokie ~ Let’s do this thing! I. The prompt poem: ‘The Veil of Seduction’, a poem by Lesley Scoble https://youtu.be/M7DhVbUzTm8 YouTube Video: https://youtu.be/M7DhVbUzTm8 Write an ekphrastic poem inspired by…
Hi, friends, this post is written for Colleen at Tanka Tuesday for March 19, 2024where poets gather to create syllabic poetry every week. This community invitesme to open my heart…