Pandemic Poetry: In the Clouds

Painting a cloud study leads to a poem.

Writing Prompt: Birthday on U.S. Presidential Election Day 2020

As I contemplated my 55th birthday falling on the U.S. presidential election day this year, and all that hinged upon the outcome, questions kept coming up. What is an electionday (space deleted intentionally) but a birth shared by millions? By the world?

Arriving to Now

Arriving to Now I don’t know if it’s Me but I don’t seem to be here. Tomorrow’s promise yesterday’s stolen hour last year’s symphony of blooms in a moment I am gone. Arriving on a breath, I Me, I am here Now. Photo Credit: Photo by Jordan Benton from Pexels Leave your mark. I'd love to know …

Henny Hospice – A Poem

Henny Hospice In the midst of our kitchen there squats a chicken named Goldmine for her feathers and yoke, stricken by silent forces within. What am I to learn from this old girl who waits inside closed eyelids for death? Does she know her fate, last breath is near? Blind and weakened, unable to grasp …

A Mother’s Wish on Mother’s Day

A Mother's Wish I wish for you ten-thousand rainbows, with views from your heart, deep in your spirit. If ever you can’t see me, close your eyes and remember, I am everywhere, and there. In the symphony of spring, the glow of autumn, the bluster of winter. And in the shade of summer, where I’ll …

Historical Fiction and Poetry Come Together to Entertain and Intrigue

I am tickled pink to share with you this ghost story written by author and visionary storyteller Lisa Redfern.  Turn out the lights. Take your mind back in time to the mid 1800s in Truckee, California.  Railroad construction was progressing across the Sierra Nevada mountain range - from East to West - connecting the rest …

Quotes of Wisdom 32 Courage & Strength #amwriting

"Be like the bird, pausing in his flight On limb too slight, Feels it give way, yet sings, Knowing he has wings." ~Victor Hugo French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement Especially in difficult times, remember... you have wings.  Quote discovered in Sunbeams: A Book of Quotations edited by Sy Safransky - A fantastic collection …

Quotes of Wisdom 31 – Flexibility in Facing the Storm #amwriting

"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over." ~Aesop  Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/aesop Blizzard or spring zephyr, The pain, whatever, Relax, relent, bend.  What more, in the end? *Quotes of Wisdom – a Friday at 9am (Pacific Time Zone) series offering Wisdom, Feel …

Quotes of Wisdom 30 Inner Wisdom

Don't believe what your eyes are telling you. All they show is limitation. Look with your understanding, find out what you already know, and you'll see the way to fly.       ~Richard Bach, American Author It was there inside all along.  Directional gyro spinning. A glimpse of North. Over. Done. Out. Betrayal concealed by …

Quotes of Wisdom 17 Love, Life & Death

A quote by Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) about life, death, love, and joy. Love bridges the space between us and our deceased loved ones.