Category: poetry
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bigness
Bits and pieces swirling in my head bumping crashing blocks of black and gray, with the occasional burst of yellow, sometimes white. Breaths that won’t go in, can’t come out. Lines growing deeper, time growing shorter. The path feels less familiar, no signs to guide me. Bigness all around me, all inside me. Shall I […]
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monday words #4
Yeah, I know it’s Tuesday. Deal with it. Another one of my favorite poets is Emily Dickinson. In high school, I thought it was fascinating how she rarely left the house and maintained contact with the outside world only through correspondence. Hope is the thing with feathers by Emily Dickinson Hope is the thing with […]
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small but mighty
Coming off a monster weekend of playing hostess, I am compelled to come clean about something once and for all. When people come over, I am swamped with the need to make excuses for my wee, tiny house. Maybe not every time you come over, but for sure the first time. It is small – […]
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monday words #3
Such inner peace and calm is priceless. The ability to slowly breathe deeply and enjoy — slowly savor the security of such contentment is immense. You will not mistake such ecstasy for depression — you will be too tempted to smile. —c. garmon
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monday words #2
Some of my most favorite words. From “Hamlet”, by Shakespeare. “Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar But never doubt I love.”
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monday words #1
Seeing as Monday is usually a day when most of us could use a little pick-me-up, today I’m starting “monday words”. Good stuff to get you through the start of the week. It’s only fitting that we start with one of my favorite poets, e.e. cummings. He lived from 1894-1962, and wrote plays as well […]
foible and folly 