Instead, I hopscotch a crazy-quilt —
CNN. BBC. MSNBC. Fox. Round
and round, site to site and back,
never washing the stain
of sad news from my heart. Continue reading →

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Brenda Davis Harsham

Posted on

May 12, 2019

Posted under

Holiday, Photography, Poetry

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Green Blooms

despite a stiff wind
green blankets the brown,
in heart-stopping blooms

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Brenda Davis Harsham

Posted on

April 4, 2019

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Photography, Poetry

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Spring’s Threshold

on spring’s threshold,
every plant imagines itself green,
I admire their brown

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Brenda Davis Harsham

Posted on

August 29, 2016

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Photography, Poetry

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Take Me Home, Country Road

Allis State Park, Vermont, from the Fire Tower, sunny day

Wheels crunching gravel,
we ventured off paved roads
to find our hearts beat
in the wild places Continue reading →

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Brenda Davis Harsham

Posted on

March 3, 2016

Posted under

By&4Kids, Photography, Poetry

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Spring is Green

Dappled Glade

Leaves grow on the trees –
the leaves are green!
I see green everywhere.
I like the color green.
The sun is glowing.
Children are looking at the sun –
some children lay down in the sunlight.
Sunlight,
sun bright.

by A. Harsham, age 5

Note: This post is by and for my daughter, Happy 7th Birthday! Long may she weave herself into spring like yarn art on monkey bars.

Poetry Friday with kids

Also, help me celebrate my daughter’s special Friday with poetry for kids, courtesy of Poetry Friday. Thanks to Teacher Dance for hosting this week!

Here’s what it will seem like to me:

Birthday cake!
Birthday cake!
Bring it now
or I’ll have a cow!
I need it fast —
I might not last!
Once it’s gone,
I’m woebegone.
Presents are fun
until they’re done.
What comes next?
Now I’m vexed.
A whole ‘nother year?
I can’t wait, I fear.