Category Archives: family and friends

A few stray haiku

remembering dad •
I paused in the yard tonight • 
hoping for fire flies Continue reading

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Happy Mothers Day

Nothing we can ever do repays what our Mom does for us but that’s ok. We can keep hoping to be as giving. Billy Collins reads his poem, The Lanyard.

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Day 24 — NaPoWriMo

Across the afternoon •
we took turns holding •
out our cupped hands full… • Continue reading

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Day 17 — NaPoWriMo

NaPoWriMo.net suggested using social media to write about your friends and what they post. I’m just using it as a haiku starting point. The night is young! Continue reading

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I see how it is…

Yuppers. I see how it is. Raz, however, was lying on my bed here at Mom’s.

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