poetry To Katherine 7 Jan 201623 Aug 2018 my goddaughter, Katherine I marvel at all that you are, all that you are becoming, as you go thru heartbreak with a kindness that shouldn’t be possible and a refusal…
poetry To the New Year 7 Jan 201623 Aug 2018 With each daybreak a new start cutting thru the darkness With each small step another milestone creating yet more options With every ending a new beginning turning failure into learning…
poetry All The Best 25 Jan 20158 May 2021 “Bon Anniversaire, Ma Mère” An ability to see beyond the pale,Recognizing hope in the shadows,Trusting first and foremost in love;Questioning allows for discovery –An independent view of the world,Finding wonder…
poetry The Dorey Constant 31 Jul 20148 May 2021 The sign outside my grandparents’ home I was your little shadow Before reaching equity with MommaOr recognizing my soul in GrandmaThere was you What could’ve been treated as tagging alongUsed…
poetry Happy Mother’s Day! 11 May 20148 May 2021 “Hold fast to your dreams for, without them, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.” — Langston Hughes From Pooh Corner to poetry With courage and coffee Thru Art…
poetry Earth Day 22 Apr 201322 Aug 2018 Green, living/alive Seeking to thrive.. Nature seeks naught but need No need to waste; waste not, want not So much we can learn Ideas taking seed Using what’s needed Sharing…
poetry Sent Askew 23 Jan 20108 May 2021 perspectives skeweach with our own concernshope seeking paths 2010 photo of skewed perspective via pxhere #haiku
poetry Farewell (for now) 16 Mar 200917 Aug 2018 Grandma & I; RIP, Peg Dorey always too soon, even when right time runs out despite our best denial amidst feeling cheated, reason unable to reign made incomplete by loss…
poetry Winter of the Soul 20 Feb 20096 May 2021 soul at rest dormant needs wistful daring forward shadowy reminder retreat buried hopes kept safe but distant subdued fallow within tilled by experience abide windswept moorings memories left scattered forgotten…
poetry My Companion 3 Nov 200817 Aug 2018 Far from loved but neither hated Uninvited yet always present Undeserved is only a concept Life deals in balance not fairness Inescapable thus simply endured Active evasion left too much…
poetry Cult of Connection 27 Oct 200815 Aug 2018 from words we weave our tête-à-tête tapestry as music melds us amidst the proffered prose & poems randomly relating thru coveted candor encouraged expression and intersecting intentions in the acceptance…
poetry For Christopher 20 Sep 20088 May 2021 living puzzles all creating selves piece by piece riddles solved within 2008 Geode Puzzle from Nervous System #haiku
poetry The Dance of Expression 20 Aug 200815 Aug 2018 As a candle’s light dances against darkness, my actions play upon the image I portray. Choreographed by circumstance, purpose provides the wick. The shape of my character is the sculpted…
poetry Rebirth 11 Aug 200816 Aug 2018 Twenty-two years ago tonight Cosmos glimpsed beside a bonfire A decision made, never to be undone Change does come with time.. or should Shifts & nuances pass as conclusions remain…
poetry Waiting is.. 8 Aug 200824 Aug 2018 As with all nature, we must evolve or stagnate. Evolution is but the ebb and flow of change. The give & take of growth is not part for part. We…