Category Archives: POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN

I AM FOR THE SUNSHINE

Posted on March 23, 2013 by

I am for the sunshine. . . The sunshine is for me, as I was born upon this earth, though countless creatures, plants and people got here first– from brainy beasts, both wild and tame to one-celled algae floating up … Continue reading →

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A TEAR IS BUT A TINY SEA OF WATER

Posted on August 4, 2012 by

A tear is but a tiny sea of water needing to come out. . . to balance whatever fate and circumstance admit– +++++dust. . . ++++++++++disappointment. . . ++++++++++where had been trust. . . +++++++++++++++and countless other kinds of loss. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Week 20 | 2 Comments

AN END IN SIGHT

Posted on August 3, 2012 by

An end in sight. . . +++++clear ground ++++++++++just found ++++++++++that peers ++++++++++from under ++++++++++remnant rubble. . . Purpose emerged from blur +++++of fuzzy fog. . . and dreams caught between +++++a slew of warring rainclouds +++++in soggy, windy night. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Week 8 | Leave a comment

A PERSONAL STAB AT WORLD PEACE

Posted on June 4, 2012 by

World peace? A tall order. . . so many ones involved, devolved– so many an unnecessary border. . . Is it even possible? when it’s all too commonplace that families split asunder. . . when brother can’t brother forgive? and … Continue reading →

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STRUTTING DEEPER INTO LIFE

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Getting into life deeper and deeper lighter and lighter higher and higher poised between contentment and desire I find answers I stay open I wonder sometimes I inquire I’m getting more discrete and acting ever bolder strutting with growing grace … Continue reading →

Posted in POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN, Week 24 | 1 Comment

LIVING TO TELL THE TALE

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

cloth books +++++to please, appease +++++the youngest babes +++++gave way to clock books +++++with hands to spin +++++and set +++++in sundry ways some books there were with golden spines– some told of the olden times. . . some were writ … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN, Week 21 | 7 Comments

LEARNING TO COUNT TO SEVEN

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

Enter the world a babe and mom– hard not to see you as only one. . . growing big, crawling, standing and soon, it’s hard not to see two of you. . . Daddy makes three. The other big kids … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN, Week 21 | 5 Comments

RIDDLE ME THIS!

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

What am I? Who am I? Where am I? Guess! I’ll tell you a piece, and you’ll tell me the rest! I’m a child– you might be, too or you might be grown, But I’ll riddle you– then, what you’ll … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN, Week 21 | 5 Comments

RESOLUTION OF THE NEW YEAR

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

March in lock step celebrate along with everybody else’s celebrations feel like an uninvited guest at rites of passage and their brand of initiations resolve myself into a dew to do like you? It’s not a passtime I aspire to. … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, POETRY PICNIC GOOSEBERRY GARDEN, Week 20 | 6 Comments

THE HALF-GLASSED QUESTION

Posted on December 27, 2011 by

The proverbial glass half-empty or hall full did not stop to ask whether empty might not also be free, spacious, full of possibility. . . or full , quite confiningly heavy, burdensome, with hardly an inch of wiggle room. . … Continue reading →

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