Category: Poem

• July 13, 2025

  Weekend Intensity

  “Ooooo. Ooo.” You scute over on the couch The sheet touches my toe and I say ouch We can barely hold our phones It hurts to type But we readily agree it’s worth the hype To run fast  To lift heavy  To climb the walls To hold a yoga pose steadily To float in the…
• July 12, 2025

  Melvin’s Ashes

  We took him down by the water like he’d asked us  Along the shoreline we spread his ashes The man could never catch a fish but how he loved to try  His sister and wife had sat and watched him die  Is it bad that I wonder when he smoked his first cigarette? Only a…
• July 11, 2025

  East Beach

  It’s where we go to gallivant On a Wednesday morning when others can’t Me and my dog hop in the 2012 Honda Civic Who knew a $7000 car could be so terrific? We travel east on the main street I opt for the back way Windows down  The can of sunscreen rattles in the cup-holder…
• July 9, 2025

  Influencer

  I was sitting on the sofa, on my computer  Everyone wants to be an influencer  Who can capture the most attention Are your fingers tired from swiping, from scrolling, from typing? Each thumbs up or notification or orange bell  Each ding, each chime is a flash of lightning  Everyone’s got a story to tell  Even…
• July 9, 2025

  My Resignation

  Sometimes I fantasize about my resignation letter I think of all the ways – without my job – my life could be better No more prescribing Ozempic  While the patient asking for it sits there drinking soda Or signing a handicap placard form for the millionth time – for someone who desperately needs a walk …
• July 7, 2025

  The Garden Nursery

  There’s a lovely little garden in my front lawn  In the evening it’s mystical  Me and my pup sit out there at sunset – it’s typical  Billy weaves in and out of the beds bare-pawed  We take the nature in: the sunflowers, the wrens, the grapes, the cicadas and all  Sometimes I just stare out …
• July 5, 2025

  Jammin’

  I was running past the strawberries  What do you know, there were some purples grapes on the vine as well  Lightning bugs floated about like fairies  I decided to cut through the trees and across the park  I was trying to get home before dark  I could hear a boombox playing I smelled burgers and…
• July 4, 2025

  Tourists on My Beach

  I drive the end of the strip  Me and my pup want to see the end of it  On a holiday Friday afternoon  Where all the people in my hometown are new  Tourists dot the beach like seaweed after a storm  I was thinking I’m glad this isn’t the norm On the Fourth of July…
• July 1, 2025

  Pink

  The crepe myrtles are in their prime  I wonder if they ponder their limited time  Those popping pink blossoms were just buds yesterday  They flourish among the green leaves of the branches I watch them sway  The background is a light blue sky  With puffy white-gray clouds  You know these poems are just me thinking…
• June 30, 2025

  The Calendar Cactus

  I stood in the kitchen and flipped the calendar Wondering which phone call, which conversation, will be the last?  I’m not sure  June has passed Like high school  Like my wedding day  All times I thought would never come  Now gone like January’s flurries  Just like my 20s and half of my 30s There’s a…