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”
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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”
June Reading List
Since I managed to devour several books this month, I’m going to attempt a condensed version of my reading list post. I’ll try to post just a one-sentence summary of each and just a bit about why I chose to read each book and what I liked best about them. “The Haunting of Cambria” byContinue reading “June Reading List”
Kinship & Seashore
magenta fog scrolls homeward as we ford through doughy sand evening whispers onward as we three stand hand in hand amid the swamps we’ve wandered forging lightning from the land we’re ever in kinship forward distance, time: easily spanned This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt is brought to us by Heather, who asks us toContinue reading “Kinship & Seashore”
Turtle’s Reverie
stopping for a breath the world set atop our back bowing like branches bathed in filtered mellow light sifting silent rivulet This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt from the Skeptic’s Kaddish comes from Lesley, who asks us to do the following: This weekend, we spent some time at my grandmother’s cabin, which is a coupleContinue reading “Turtle’s Reverie”
Confident in Weakness
spite the blossoms that test the stems, tugging heavenward, daring nature’s roots. spite the bud the dissolves into airy fuzz and leaves the nest too soon. spite the leaves that crumble and wake underfoot, taking broken to the wind, to scatter their worldly dreams beyond their homes. I think one of my biggest weaknesses isContinue reading “Confident in Weakness”
wide-open spaces
smear the world in lilac haze as sunlight dips downward tugging nature’s weary daze beckoning children homeward One thing about life in the countryside that I will never tire of is the view of the sky. We can see so much of the sky from where our home is situated, which means luminous stars paintedContinue reading “wide-open spaces”
Whorl and loop
cartwheeling through lemon sky and alabaster clouds, greeting heaven with swooping arms then floating, weightless, down, down to denim cityscape, to corner café and warm embrace, into air perfumed with baked bread and cigarettes, honking horns and worldly accents This week’s Wea’ve Written Weekly prompt comes from Melissa Lemay, who asks us to use oneContinue reading “Whorl and loop”
May Reading List
The first book I read this month was “Moon Over Madeline Island” by Jay Gilbertson. I met Jay at a local memoir workshop I attended back in October and November. He complimented my writing style and even kindly read my completed memoir manuscript for me just last month with very sweet feedback. He owned aContinue reading “May Reading List”
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