Archive for June, 2010
The War of the Roses
“I’m on a mission,” I say – and my roses sigh with relief – or was that resignation?
Old Love and the Sea
It all drills down to the sea. No need for words, only the warmth of the welcome sun, so long absent through the winter. No oughts or shoulds. For today, we have vacated.
“L” – “O” – “V” – “E”
There is a word that starts with “L” With three letters yet to go It is quite easy one can tell Add “O” for an even flow Then try a “V” if it fits well “E” after “V”‘s a rule to know Quite a loving word they spell That can set our lives aglow….
The Tug on My Line
When I was pregnant, I read all of those “What to Expect When you are Expecting” books with their various descriptions of what the first movement of the baby within me would feel like. – “Like a butterfly’s soft wings gently brushing your skin” – “Like a tickle, a flutter” – “Like the tug of [...]
The Living Sea
I wrap my arms around her froth Her unpredictable BURSTS of emotion I feel her breathe with the sweet under current of LONGING Her moods sway Tenderness Passion Power Even a mean streak…or two How can I keep up to meet her needs So vast, variable in this space and time? Despite her sometimes wrath [...]
Grampa Charlie’s Village
“…and here came Constance at a dead run, headed for home and plain cross about bein’ shanghaied to start with, and right behind her there’s at least thirty of Bill’s brother’s hogs takin’ advantage of the door bein’ open, and all of ‘em at a dead run too, that’s how porkers are.”
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