Category Archives: Poetry

The leftover day

Mother nature said “Today we’re having leftovers. The gray sky from yesterday A little rain from last week Wind that I’ve held on to all winter.” Hearing my groan she whispered “Tomorrow child.  Tomorrow I’ll whip up a spectacular day. … Continue reading

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Ode to the Bear Claw (not the one attached to a bear)

Oh doughy goodness baked to perfection filled with some yummy stuff and topped with confection, You call out to me from Panera next door “You need me , you want me I’m what you adore”. I’ll send someone to get … Continue reading

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Spring in Fits and Starts. Upstate New York

Spring has sprung in other places. In posted pictures of happy faces turned to the sun. Happily searching out green shoots, blooming trees gentle spring rain, light breeze. Here we had spring fits and starts. A few days, a glimpse … Continue reading

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Quiet Christmas Morn

A quiet Christmas morn my love and I alone, wrapped in Christmas morning memories. Happy children, Excited exclamations of “Santa came!” (One with his finger in the air counting presents) Precious memories of family together Enough on this quiet Christmas … Continue reading

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The Narcissistic Driver- a semi-poetic rant

Listen up people and you will hear of drivers so bad that you should fear. The rules don’t apply to these license holders they run through red lights and pass on the shoulder. Speed limits mean nothing, nor yellow lines … Continue reading

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Elevating the mundane

  Dog hair on the stair Dog hair everywhere A regular chore that is such a bore I turned round today to sweep it away and there on the stairs among the dog hair were prisms so bright a colored … Continue reading

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Pictures of Summer

  Summers last breath a warm September day Dappled leaves still full on the trees A hint of color to come on cold Autumn air I cling to the warmth like a lover Desperate for one more day I memorize … Continue reading

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Awaiting Fireflies

The aroma of moss in hot heavy air sends me spiraling  back to summer nights years past.   Peeling paint on a long ago back porch. The creak and scrape of the porch glider. Yellow metal warm beneath bare legs.   … Continue reading

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A Perfectionists Nightmare

  My grammars not perfect punctuation a mess A sentence sometimes could use a word less A paragraph break is not where expected A perfectionists nightmare often dissected None of these things matter to me The words will come out … Continue reading

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Haiku

Inside each person Creative seed is waiting Let the sun shine in

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