Friday, November 11, 2016

After election heartbreak and outrage: 3 poems and a safety pin to offer my teenage son ~

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When the Roses Speak, I Pay Attention "As long as we are able to   be extravagant we will be hugely and damply extravagant. Then w...
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

To the monsoon rains in Southern Arizona and Robert Creeley!

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The Rain All night the sound had come back again, and again falls this quiet, persistent rain. What am I to myself that mus...
Monday, June 20, 2016

Merry Summer Solstice with the Strawberry Full Moon! AND...Happy 59th wedding anniversary to my Mom and Dad!

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Solstice How today our patron star whose ancient vista is the long view turns its wide brightness now and here: Below, we loll outdoo...
Thursday, April 21, 2016

Today is Poem in Your Pocket Day

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Before You Cut Loose                                          put dogs on the list of difficult things to lose. Those dogs ditched on th...
Thursday, April 7, 2016

It's National Poetry Month!

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Squash Under the Bed There was always crooked-neck squash under our beds. The space under the bed met the criteria of a cool, dark, dr...
Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Here's to the end of a year and the beginning of a new year! And to Venus, the brightest point of light ~

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The Year's Awakening How do you know that the pilgrim track Along the belting zodiac Swept by the sun in his seeming rounds Is trac...
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Happy birthday Emily Dickinson and Micah Bernard!

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A Route of Evanescence A Route of Evanescence With a revolving Wheel  — A Resonance of Emerald A Rush of Cochineal  — And every Blosso...