Poetry

Inspired by Autumn

Maybe it’s because I grew up in Connecticut, where the foliage faithfully turns to reds, golds, and the browns each year, signaling the onset of the most distinctive of the...

Learning to Unlearn

Have you noticed that adult life is like a classroom designed to help you unlearn things you once believed? You grow up learning conventions and values of the culture in...

Life Becomes Poetic

I thought this poetry topic would be fun to explore and it was. When I posted my inspirational poem, Loving Simple Pleasures, I had a stroke of inspiration. It occurred to...

Loving Simple Pleasures

  It’s been a long day, but somehow not long enough, and I felt moved to go for my one hour walk this evening. It’s invigorating to move this body...

There’s a Storm Inside of Me

There’s a storm inside of me today What kind, I’m not quite sure I feel compelled to recognize it Check it at the door  The type of storm we’re dealing...

Come Into the Shade

Come into the shade. It's beautiful and warm. The light is playing on the purple lantana. I glimpse the butterfly land for intermittent rests in her favorite place. The dragonflies...