Under the snow
that falls today,
are blooms that
smell like blue sky
and sunshine.
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Tag Archives: Poetry
Young Girls Rise
Acevedo’s words wake my inner girl,
that angry, confined, injured girl
who broke free of youth, rose up,
and found that her bruised layers Continue reading
Imperfect Stars
I’m pleased to announce that one of my poems can be found in the wild, or at least on The Mistake Anthology blog. The way it referred to me was hilarious: IMPERFECT poet Brenda Davis Harsham. So fitting. 🙂
The Mistake Anthology, Imperfect, comes out this month carrying two of my poems into the world with it.
Snow Flies
snow flies
tingles but doesn’t bite,
winter’s waning
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Magic Wand
Too-large slippers clomp
down the stairs.
Giggles and gasps
harmonize with crinkling
jelly bean bags and
foil-wrapped bunnies.
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Heavy as Thought
silent snowfall
the weight of water,
heavy as thought
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Bittersweet Blues
bittersweet spring,
winter has overstayed
cold silence
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Spring Greening
tiny shoots
break the brown earth,
rabbits are glad
tiny shoots of gladness
tickle my wintery skin
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Celebrating Women
Here is a cheery sunflower MicroSonnet for International Women’s Day.
So much depends
on having good friends.
Unlike the sunflower,
we women need to build,
bubbling with superpower,
yet yearning to feel fulfilled. Continue reading
Your Color is Hope
“Moon Song” Used with Permission of Artist Lisa Telling Kattenbraker
Your color is hope,
birdsong on sunbeams,
a peaceful night’s sleep,
a bittersweet violin air,
raindrops on cottage roses
in full-spiced bloom,
the last snowflake of May,
and the urge to sail
over blue-green waves
with moon-drunk words
on my lips, tasting hope.
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Ingenue
Photograph of Auguste Rodin Statue Used With Permission of Kip Rechea
fluid stillness
goddess strength
rising
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Blue Cat’s Song
Blue Cat by Suzy Levinson
Blue Cat’s song
is a caterwaul tale
told to the moon
in a 12-bar snarl Continue reading
Friendly Fairy Tales 