Tag: Poets United

‘Whatever’

I have written poetry and stories most of my life, but it wasn’t until I left my 35+ years career that it became my passion. When I decided to start my blog, I told no one what I was going to do. I’ll never… Continue Reading “‘Whatever’”

Live and In Color

Every day the bleeding away Of the nation we once were, Compromised and pulverizedAnalyzed and televised in full color for all the world to see. What happened to human kindness?What happened to love another?What happened to common decency?What happened to the right for all… Continue Reading “Live and In Color”

Poets United: Poems of the week by Kim R, Linda, and Colleen

Hello Everyone– So honored that my poem Bluebonnet Sky was chosen to be featured on Poets United today! Be sure to stop by and check out the featured poems by Kim and Colleen as well.

The Inevitability of Death

I’ve been thinking of death a lot, and I am amazed by its inevitability, frightened, as we all are, of the totally unknown, and yet feel a long sleep is somehow earned by those of us who live on the edge.- Jackson Pollock I’ve… Continue Reading “The Inevitability of Death”

The Rock Remembers

“Geologists have a saying – rocks remember.” -Neil Armstrong What does this rock dream while it sleeps in the sun? Does it recall wooly mammoths that once trod this land can the rock remember its birth and how it came to be Was it… Continue Reading “The Rock Remembers”

When the Evening is Still

“Night comes to the desert all at once, as if someone turned off the light.” –Joyce Carol Oates Another oppressive day watching the world go by as I sit insideeven when the sizzling sun sets red, low in the western skystill there will be… Continue Reading “When the Evening is Still”

Dance of Forgiveness

This coldness between a woman and man when one heart carries the guilt of a deed and the other recalls where it began so both are heartbroken and left to bleed while each in silence weep alone and grieve. When does the dance of… Continue Reading “Dance of Forgiveness”