Category Archives: Poetry and Lyrics

We Remember – September 11, 2024

Today was a beautiful September day. Brilliant sunlight in a cool, blue-sky morning. Just like the morning of September 11 2001, when the world changed. Now it’s been 23 years and we still gather to remember, still remember in the … Continue reading

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May First, 2024

The still light of afternoon • shimmering with song, of • so many birds. I weep . . . (See more) Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 30 FIN

birds all watching while • birdfeeder’s repaired again • more patient than bears Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 29

long enough pause here • to compose an elegy • waiting for a sign Continue reading

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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 28

waited hopefully • for the first hummingbird • but only rain Continue reading

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