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
Category Archives: Memoir
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,
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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
Friendly Fairy Tales 