Driving down route 8 to Christiansburg yesterday, I had to pull over at the Riner gas station because my mind was turned on like a faucet and I needed a notebook to catch it. My husband would like me to dictate my thoughts into a recorder. He thinks that would be safer than to scribble […]
I completely forgot about Earth Day this year. Last Friday, I was sitting in a Sushi restaurant in Asheville, North Carolina, with my son and group of his friends when someone pointed out the Planet Earth printed on my T-shirt and asked if I wore it for the occasion. No, I was completely oblivious. My […]
This is the time of year that the screens go back up on our windows and the porch picnic table gets covered with a red and white checkered table cloth. It’s also the time of year when I can’t keep my hands clean. The red clay of Virginia outlines my cuticles, and my nails are […]
This (preparing my tax return) is too difficult for a mathematician. It takes a philosopher. ~Albert Einstein The Audit In April I calculate poetry the way others do their taxes as though the world was overdue for a good accounting Bursting to put […]
…to bring you a just for fun springtime poem: Spring Vacancy The birds are back checking out the real estate a high-rise nest on my porch rafter A one room shelter inaccessible to cats with southern exposure and a landing deck Left empty last year by its previous owners who followed the flock down the […]
“We are born in a certain time and a certain place and like vintage wines we retain the flavor of our origins.” ~ Carl Jung “Where I’m From” is inspired by George Ella Lyon’s poem of the same name, from the book “Where I’m From, Where Poetry Comes From.” I first learned of it from […]
Even if it’s 1 a.m. and I went to bed at midnight Even if I’m meditating and I’m not supposed to open my eyes Even if I’m driving and I have to scribble it on my hand Even if I’m in the dentist office and I have to ask the receptionist for a pen and […]
The Poem: It starts out as a sensuous pleasure, the right chemistry of words and feelings at play. But then comes the daunting work of putting it all together…digging deeper for the details…editing out the unnecessary…laboring over every line break…all done with an underlying urge to get it all just right. If you can persevere […]
