Category Archives: Poetry and Lyrics

NaPoWriMo Day 2

Picnic in Time of Isolation •
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NaPoWriMo Day 1 redux

Went for a long paint this morning and then a drive this afternoon. The place I’d hoped to paint near sunset was packed with people. People! Stop that! Stop that right now! so I kept going and took a few … Continue reading

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April the First – Day One NaPoWriMo

I’ll be sending off poems on postcards this April but I’ll still be posting a poem a day here. That’s the plan! So here’s the official start. the tears start up and so fly up the hands the northern palm … Continue reading

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The Eve of NaPoWriMo

Yup it’s that time of year again – National Poetry Month! May all the words be with you. Counting the Determined Spring and trees, buds swelling, and grackles, squealing and volunteer daylilies and startled calves following placid cows to unknown … Continue reading

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In Honor of Spring and Frost

Yet all the precedent is on my side: –
I know that winter death has never tried –
The earth but it has failed Continue reading

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