Category Archives: taking time to look

Day 30 NaPoWriMo 2022

I didn’t get the new plants potted in their big pots but I did go out and sit with them this afternoon. In front of me was the warm yellow of the daffodils still holding court in the front garden. … Continue reading

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Day 25 NaPoWriMo 2022

Guess what I did today. Tell me what you see and now? now is just a guess too small, far away. look straight ahead now now right, left, up, and now down now the other side. in a darkened room … Continue reading

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Day 24 NaPoWriMo 2022

sweater from the car warm from spending the day there now I’m the warm one was warm in my hands warm going over my head warm as a lover blue cooling twilight i’m wearing back to the house the sun’s … Continue reading

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Day 22 NaPoWriMo 2022

Took the long way home from getting a bag of sunflower seeds today. The birdies seem to have forgiven me already. Two yellow rivers Echoing forsythia Along curvy road Two yellow rivers Curving in time to the road Forsythia time … Continue reading

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Day 21 NaPoWriMo 2022

Often there is a day or two in April where I write a poem but don’t share it. Hasn’t happened yet but this was close. i will make a place in my heart, a quiet place where we both may … Continue reading

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