the orange blaze stole our tears and bled our hearts leap into the Pacific as the banyan tree groans on Front Street the moans of hurricane winds history in flames Kanaloa, hear our call the world cries for Lahaina On Tuesday evening, I sent my husband, who was away at work, a message: I’d justContinue reading “Maui Fires”
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Distractibility
boldly billowing grim clouds coil and laze around others swirl in dance I’ve written on here before about my difficulty with focus. Toward the end of my chemo infusions and immediately afterward, I couldn’t get my brain to attend to any one idea or situation for more than 5 minutes or so. It would bounceContinue reading “Distractibility”
Fishy Adventures
The horse trampled his water dish leaving beads of shimmering gems where shimmied the rainbow fish slithering through tall iris stems, making his way uphill: his wish to see his favored ocean chums he caught a ride on a floating dlish covered with sweet apple pie crumbs it flung him with a great swish acrossContinue reading “Fishy Adventures”
July Reading List
My July opened with a family camping trip and ended with a countryside trip to celebrate a dear friend’s upcoming wedding. It was a month that included many ups and downs and (unfortunately) not nearly enough writing, but it involved a decent amount of reading. Here’s a look at what I read this month: IContinue reading “July Reading List”
Cumulus humilus
fog drifts over distant ridges like the earth’s smooth exhalations turning foamy cirrus into stubborn nimbus the tug of rain eases life’s pain I’ve mentioned previously on WordPress how much the sky interests me, from watching storms roll in to gazing at the star-filled night– and I’ve shared more cloud-centric poetry. The fact that peopleContinue reading “Cumulus humilus”
bluebird’s legacy
you rode the waves like a natural, chalking it up to waves of snow: a fellow boarder (though I could never strive to be as cool). now you soar higher than your namesake. we’ll see you in the glisten of sunrise over far-flung beaches, the frozen leaps of friends bound by fate. you live onContinue reading “bluebird’s legacy”
humility
it starts with the stillness: the hum of tepid breeze billowing in my core. then– rumbling eastward, curing strength in pillowed fists. glimpse lightning’s zigzag grip and sudden flip of tsunami clouds rolling on train whistles and thundering feet. bursts of light capture still frames: the twisting of limbs, the crumbling of earth, the darkeningContinue reading “humility”
Healing Wounds
sneaker squeaks linoleum floors distant beeps machine hums fear curtailed under bright lights wrapped in curtained walls bandages slowly counting steps counting days nature’s rest scar tissue’s perseverance heaven’s endurance existence fickle yet bolder striding near holding dear what wounds look like as they heal faith, friendship, love, hope This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly promptContinue reading “Healing Wounds”
Pruning
bountiful greens– pine, fern layered on emerald and mossy olive, pickled forest mint jungle weeds tangle in trellises My garden is looking pretty good this summer, in spite of the weeds. The above picture I took last week, and the zucchini plant pictured is now twice as large (it seems like that would be anContinue reading “Pruning”
in the before and the after
time, for myself, is now bifurcated, cleaved around its natural disaster channeled endlessly, sometimes I hate it tunneled through disease: before and after I comb through the past but can’t reconcile before the hourglass flipped on its side, pooling in hollow in-between miles, pouring sand through fingers splayed, I reside on the other side, aContinue reading “in the before and the after”
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