Girl On a Bicycle by Troy Garrison (1939) The blue-enameled body of the slender beast Is alive, with the pulse...
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Lake Tahoe, Claimed A million years of crust and crumble, claimed by faults, stretched and rumbled; mountains...
Poetry Friday: My Garden
My Garden Carrot and cucumber! Cabbage and kale! Peppers and peas and tomatoes! Leafy greens that...
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Thinking of Spring I have not crafted a haiku since the end of National Poetry Month! This week I was sidelined by...
Poetry Friday: Wonder Walking
“Is the wind the world breathing?” (excerpted from WONDER WALKERS by Micha Archer; 2021 Penguin Random House) ...
Poetry Friday: A Homecoming
HOMECOMING late spring snow dresses the roadside tiny piles of powder sparkle beside the pond sprinkled by a...
Poetry Friday: Thank You, Moms!
Thank You, Moms! for moms who carry us give body, give life for moms who accompany in joy, in strife the...
Progressive Poem: Update!
2022 Progessive Poem is Here! We left on a journey where "there were no maps!" It was filled with chatter, song,...
PoetryFriday: Poem In My Pocket!
Desert Spring Fat ol’ lizard counts pushups in the sun Mourning dove laments: half a shell is found...
THE NEVERMORES: Belonging
a piece of furniture The Nevermores ... With a nod to Edgar Allen Poe, the name for our poetry group, is a reminder of...
Poetry to Ponder: Julie Fogliano
"Reading poetry is an adventure in renewal, a creative act, a perpetual beginning, a rebirth of wonder." (Edward...