Pastoral prairie splayed out before me in a dazzle of fern, mint, and emerald shades grass in dancing blades tossed like ocean waves in wind Cerulean gaze freckling clouded haze casting shadows along hills valley breeze blowing prancing trees showing frail cirrocumulus spills Poured concrete highway rushing underway passing through growth and flurry downwind fromContinue reading “Poem: Interstate Dreams”
Category Archives: Writing
Poem: Shadows
I’m getting a late start on this week’s #TankaTuesday, though it’s still Tuesday at my house for another couple hours. It was one of those wild days when I especially appreciated this time in the evening to clear my thoughts and find peace in the written word. Colleen’s #TankaTuesday challenge this week is Ekphrastic poetry,Continue reading “Poem: Shadows”
The Toughest Lesson
A year ago this week, I finished the last infusion in my treatment course for stage 3 breast cancer. It was technically determined that I had no evidence of disease in the fall of 2020 after six rounds of “hard chemo” and surgery. (I jokingly refer to my fall 2020-spring 2021 course as “chemo light”.)Continue reading “The Toughest Lesson”
Poem: Gichigami Song
Lifting the smooth paddle skyward We dodge droplets and flow forward Frigid lake can’t suppress my grin Waves that buckle and bend with wind Lighthouse rises atop cliff peak Of storm-tossed ships its walls will speak Water rages, the bow ascends Waves that buckle and bend with wind I’m not typically drawn to poetry withContinue reading “Poem: Gichigami Song”
#TankaTuesday Challenge 269 Tanka Prose
The chicken coop crafted from pallet boards and nails stands strong in our backyard through blizzards and at least one tornado. We watch the Ameraucana hens peck and prance through the dry grasses, looking forward to spring’s warm breath. Foreboding clouds swirl overhead with the threat of rain, and we spot the twist of suddenContinue reading “#TankaTuesday Challenge 269 Tanka Prose”
Learning to Let Go
My husband and I loaded the kids, the dog, and everything else we needed for a couple days on the road into the car late Friday morning. He’d already been into work earlier that morning, into which time I’d tried to force an entire day’s worth of grading, emailing, and student meetings while our threeContinue reading “Learning to Let Go”
Poem: Steady
pose beneath waterfall’s froth and foam like in our honeymoon pictures speak with your body and mine the spray blots out your words catch me when I fall skip, crouch, then leap over rocks to the end
#TankaTuesday Challenge 268 “Tangerine”
elastic orange sun tugged over fading frame reflection on glass pane gray memories I gave #TankaTuesday on the Word Craft Poetry blog another try for this week’s #TasteTheRainbow challenge. Today was my first attempt at writing an Abhanga, which is a very beautiful form that I will likely try again! I also tried to incorporateContinue reading “#TankaTuesday Challenge 268 “Tangerine””
Poem: Freeing
out west we follow buffalo over rocky hill crests open prairie echo hammering in our chests
Anatomy of a Poem
I have completely abandoned all hope of publishing my fiction and have switched solely to poetry. April Fools! Ha. Ha. You are probably grimacing. I am, too. I don’t really understand this holiday. It’s my sister’s birthday, though, which made for some admittedly amazing pranks growing up. I do want to focus a bit moreContinue reading “Anatomy of a Poem”
Words and Coffee Writing 