Tag: Poetry
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September
September rushes inWith her big hopes and dreamsInsisting I fill my calendarWith appointments and plans It’s important! She tells meSo I get swept up in the frenzyOf buying and planning and committing Until there is no margin left To savor the stillnessOf September’s golden eveningsOr enjoy the gentle caressOf her cool morning breezes But her own […]
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Conversation
Tell me about the morningYou ran to catch the train in SydneyOr how you criedWhen they laid your son on your chestFor the first time Tell me your coffee orderSo I can surprise you with itOr the best pasta you ever ateAlong the sea-drenched coastOf northern Italy Tell me your reactionTo the astounding love of […]
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“Gift”
“A day so happy.Fog lifted early, I worked in the garden.Hummingbirds were stopping over honeysuckle flowers.There was no thing on earth I wanted to possess.I knew no one worth my envying him.Whatever evil I had suffered, I forgot.To think that once I was the same man did not embarrass me.In my body I felt no […]
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A mother’s love
A mother’s love isMore than the double helixOf DNA strands It waits and prays andSays, “Here I am,” wheneverYou need me, I’m here
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Delight
This is what I desire:to enjoy my days while I’m in themviewing each one as a giftunwrapping them with delight& thanking the Giver
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Poem feature
Hello hello! I’m popping in real quick because a poem I wrote, Days, was featured on In The Quiver today. In The Quiver was created by a fantastic group of women, one of whom is an occupational therapist that I worked with at my first job. Please go show the ITQ ladies some love and […]
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Loving lately [#24]
Goood morning! The babies are both napping right now so I thought I would hop on and share a few things I’ve been enjoying lately: –These peanut butter cookies… holy moly. SO GOOD. –Kai-Anne Clews poetry. Josh reminded me that Spotify is a thing and now I have an account and can’t stop listening to […]
A Continual Feast 