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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
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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
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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
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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
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Psalm 37
I’m not one for revenge It’s something the Bible warns against I imagine it’s like a poison worse than bitterness History’s shown what happens – when people try to get even Making lists and shaking fists only leads to a hellish existence But I’ve got to admit I think like the Psalmist I’m just being
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Weed Whacking
Now I know how the hairdresser must feel Chopping the excess really has its appeal It was on my list of adult things to master Like doing taxes and reading faster I told my husband I didn’t know how He simply told me, “Ya just do it” So I did. And wow! He told me
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No Idols
I asked her if she was suicidal, homicidal She told me she didn’t have any idols She’d been living in a state of survival She said, “I was raised on the Bible” “Everyone tells me I’m entitled” “I don’t want kids”“Sometimes I wonder if this is it” I’m not a therapist But all she told
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Life with Friends
We’ve known each other 13 years There’s been a million places between A start at the zoo, a launch pad It highlighted a connection we didn’t know we had Not one for religion, you’d say I kept all my preaching at bay Life is unfolding in an unusual but pleasant way I’m reading a novel
writings on life
gremlin fodder 