Each day I’m drawn in
turtle-tight.
I mourn the old way
I shopped, the old way
I chatted with co-workers,
gossiped as Yelena cut my hair,
or watched my children walk,
with heavy schoolbooks. Continue reading
Category Archives: Memoir
You Can’t Cancel Spring
Daffodils break through old leaves
beside the greening grass,
and warming sunshine draws
tiny caterpillars from their eggs. Continue reading
Alone but not Lonely
Alone,
but not lonely,
drinking in the fragrance
of uninterrupted thought, Continue reading
Pausing for Love
A little love for
all of us pausing, Continue reading
On My Daughter’s Birthday
What do I wish for
my daughter
on her eleventh
birthday? Continue reading
Recovery is Ribbiting
Update the day after surgery: I may be a bit green from the meds, but my kids are bringing me tea and tucking my blankets tighter. I’m managing to keep down simple foods. Thanks for all the good wishes, friends. Life is good. Hope you have a magical week!
Surgery Tomorrow
When the anesthesia mask is tightened,
I won’t think of scalpels.
No, sir.
I’ll remember the way wildflowers dance,
humming with honeybees.
Yes, ma’am. Continue reading
Lilac Thoughts
so many thoughts
plentiful as lilac petals,
trumpeting ideas
sweet-smelling, unfinished,
blurry and chaotic
Copyright 2019 Brenda Davis Harsham Continue reading
Rare Unicorn Sighting
To my daughter,
dazzling as a unicorn,
ten just now,
Continue reading
Summer Poem Swap
June Song
–by Irene Latham
Let me be sun
kissing horizon each morning
warming lake
to bathwater. Continue reading
Cherry Blossom Wind
A day of cherry blossoms
hanging fragile in spring sunshine, Continue reading
Announcing Publication!
I’m honored to announce that my true story, My Grandmother’s Candy Dish, was selected from thousands of submissions and published on March 20, 2018, by Chicken Soup for the Soul’s anthology, My Amazing Mom: 101 Stories of Love and Appreciation. Continue reading
