Category Archives: Poetry Friday

It’s Poetry Friday! I think of summer as a time to slow down a bit, notice more, fill the well of ideas. I’m trying to be more appreciative of nature’s treasures. Sometimes it’s a flower that just happened to pop … Continue reading →

Welcome to Poetry Friday! When I realized that Friday was July 3, I decided to pull up a poem I wrote some months ago while working on poems about light. I remember carefully lighting sparklers with my kids when they … Continue reading →

It’s Poetry Friday! I’ve been in a summer slump of sorts. New ideas are hard to come by, or maybe they are rushing by so fast I can’t catch them. A couple of weeks ago I suddenly realized it was … Continue reading →

It was summer. The wind blewaway from me, and I stayed here thinkingabout a certain mountain. Things got greenthen forgot, and in their forgettingremembered everything that was notgrass, or me. -from “It Was Summer. The Wind Blew” by Matthew Zapruder … Continue reading →

I hope you don’t mind, I hope you don’t mindThat I put down in wordsHow wonderful life isWith you in the world.from “Your Song”- music by Elton John, lyrics by Bernie Taupin Yesterday was my 49th wedding anniversary. An almost-traditional … Continue reading →