Happy EARTH Day 2023!!POEM PROMPT: Write a poem about the desertin the voice of a bird, a reptile, an animal, or a...
On Texture
The universe called this week...Why do I feel as though each of these is linked? The Nevermores poetry...
Reluctant Good-bye
In my last days before migrating from the mountains, Reluctance visits. Reluctance recalls five feet of snow on decks...
Poetry Friday: Comings & Goings & Trees
In what feels like an instant – though likely not by my pup who was a 13-hour road warrior - I was transported this...
Poetry Friday: I, vapor
A Mask Poem Write a mask poem; a poem written from the point of view of an object -- or something NOT YOU -- This was...
Peaceful Child, Peaceful World
joy of a babyfirst born of my first born, sonbecomes a father ©Patricia J. FranzAugust 5, 2011Gramma. Nana. Nonna....
Poetry Friday: Drought Baby
“Sometimes the job of a poet is to register what happened off the page...see the everyday magic, miracle... Love is...
Poetry Friday: Picture a Season
“Listen! The wind is rising, and the air is wild with leaves,We have had our summer evenings, now for October eves!”...
Poetry Friday: No Greater Love
No Greater Love when the fallen log becomes home, food, life for lichen, squirrel, ant, termite bite by...
Haiku Saturday: Stellar’s Jay
Deja vu... it's Spring (again) In the spirit of my seasonal whiplash, it is Spring in the Sierras. Snow greeted my...
Poetry Friday: Lake Tahoe, Claimed
Lake Tahoe, Claimed A million years of crust and crumble, claimed by faults, stretched and rumbled; mountains...