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Be Prepared to Stop: A Villanelle
Be prepared to stop, often and suddenly.Interruptions are merely an interlude.These intentional pauses make us see. Sudden cry, traffic slowed, forced humility.The unexpected is misunderstood.Be prepared to stop, often and suddenly. Cancer, undetected heartbeat, agony…Breathless and aching, is this somehow good?These intentional pauses make us see. A casket lowered, freezes in clarity.We sit up straighter […]
Mothers Are Like Marble: A Poem
Mothers are like marble.Our tensile strength is fragile. Sometimes we feel ourselvesreducing.Chipped away.Cracking,evensmashed apart. Once, we think,we were a mountain,yet we have decreasedin both size and stature. But Mothers are like marble.When pressed we are resolute. Once we were but indecipherable slabs.Now we are sculpture,Carved by love.That chipping and cracking,(yes, even the smashing)makes us a […]
Wholesome: A Blessing For Children
May the sun be bright and the breeze always warmenough to watch butterflies flit flower to flower.And perhaps in the green grass you can charma snake from his hidden bower. But when the air is chill and the sky a stormmay the rain make the puddles perfectly deep,May the asphalt be wet enough for the […]
I Worried
I Worried by Mary Oliver I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the rivers flow in the right direction, will the earth turnas it was taught, and if not, how shallI correct it? Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better? Will I ever be able to sing, even the […]
The Song of Knives and Forks
My grandmother passed away just over a year ago. Time has a strange hold on our perceptions, so it feels both very long ago, and just yesterday. She and I shared a birthday, and every year that our schedules aligned we would celebrate together. She would always bake me a German Chocolate Cake, and finally […]
Oceans Never Fill 