Category Archives: Poetry and Lyrics

Today’s bits turned into poems

one calls then another •
two owls or three in late May •
other birds sotto. Continue reading →

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Still haiku-ing

standing in dooryard •
rhodies brushed by bumblebees •
attending the day. Continue reading →

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Afternoon break from too much fun

I have to take a break from the side project for some food. I’m having way too much fun and it’s coming along very well.

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Love a New Project!

More to come. Continue reading →

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The Last Couple Lines – The Corn Baby

Billy Collins and Mark Pinsky both talk about getting your reader to the last couple lines of a poem, and giving the reader a reward, something to make it worthwhile. This poem, The Corn Baby by Mark Wunderlich, is a … Continue reading →

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