Searching For Joy in the Music

by | Mar 17, 2019 | Poetry

Searching For Joy in the Music It was just after six a.m.and I was minding my own business,waiting for the heater to erase the cold,sipping my coffee – the new brand I found.The blinds were all open, of course.As I watched for the dawnto illuminate the whispers...

It’s Not Christmas ‘Til You Cry

by | Mar 6, 2019 | Poetry

It’s Not Christmas ‘Til You Cry They start now before the leaves have fallen. Before we’ve packed the shorts and T-shirts away. Christmas lights in store windows and garlands reaching across the aisle. But it’s not Christmas no matter the signs. Oh, they’ll wait a bit...

Thoughts To Lock in the Attic With Slow Cousin Larry

by | Feb 17, 2019 | Poetry

Thoughts To Lock in the Attic With Slow Cousin Larry That little nagging thoughtcame again this morning.The one I usually quickly push to the side,hidden from all conversation or the light of day. Much like they used to do with the idled childto be hidden in the...

All I Had*

by | Dec 16, 2018 | Poetry

All I Had Some stories are long.Some are short.Some thoughts are fleeting.Some wrap around our very beingto cling forever. Like the one when I told youto wrap your arms around meand hold on.Squeeze the very breath from mefor you’re all I have.All I have.Lord,...

Music in a Pie Shell

by | Dec 2, 2018 | Poetry

         Music in a Pie Shell The morning started off with music. Sometimes, that is good; sometimes not. I heard new voices and zeroed in on a few. I felt some of the new words. Some soothed, some moved, and some cut. One...

Sometimes Friends Don’t Have to Talk

by | Nov 13, 2018 | Poetry

Sometimes Friends Don’t Have to Talk   Just before I met you for lunch todayI got a call.It was a short messagefor the caller knew that once she told methere could be no words back from me.“Could” being the magical words there.“Sweet Jane died” she...