Snips, Snaps and Soggy Bottom Pie
Catchy title, eh? It’s been rolling around in my head as a title for a poem since 2015. The alliteration, associated visuals, meanings and rhythmic feel just lends itself to something more creative...
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– A mini spur of the moment gratitude list – T – Terry, the love of my life. H – Home. Wherever we alight if we’re together, it’s home. A – All Creatures Great and Small, the Lord God Loves Them All. N...
View Articlea belated thank-you to my NOMA Dancer
“To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven: …A time to mourn, And a time to dance…” Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 4b Thank-you, Millie, my NOMA Dancer* *My wish to dance in front of...
View ArticleFor all the children who will not know – collaborative poem
For all the children who will not know Laura Bruno Lilly, Andrew James Murray ~ 5/22/2017 ~ For all the children who will not know the warmth of sunshine upon their cheeks; the cold of dug snow-forts...
View ArticlePeace Post: You can be the Revolution
“You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” -Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution...
View ArticleAt the Y Wondering Why?
Wednesday, October 3rd I drove the 5 miles across town to the newer Aldi’s on the West side of Florence, SC. It’s a better one than the one in our neighborhood as I live one block west of the area...
View ArticleApril 20 (Poem snippet)
April 20 Columbine 20 years ago On a Tuesday For 20 minutes Terror Reigned In Once a Safe Place ~~~ (30 minutes away, all 3 of our brood were also at school, presumably safe; learning, or not. Never to...
View ArticleYes, we have no banana (boxes)
Just got back from an aggressive search for free packing boxes from a variety of grocery (and non-grocery) stores. Grabbed a few that were offered, but quite frankly the pickin’s are slim. It’s time to...
View ArticleThe State of Our American Backyard
from cnn: (comments in italics are mine) “A beloved Northern California festival (Gilroy grows great garlic and is a small town for goodness’ sake), a neighborhood Walmart in Mississippi (who doesn’t...
View ArticleKeeping you in my heart for awhile…
Note: Something triggered this nostalgic moment and while more on the rough draft side, I thought I’d use it for day three of my “6 years on WP.org” posts. One of the joys of being a performing member...
View ArticleSnips, Snaps and Soggy Bottom Pie
Catchy title, eh? It’s been rolling around in my head as a title for a poem since 2015. The alliteration, associated visuals, meanings and rhythmic feel just lends itself to something more creative...
View ArticleThanksgiving 2019
– A mini spur of the moment gratitude list – T – Terry, the love of my life. H – Home. Wherever we alight if we’re together, it’s home. A – All Creatures Great and Small, the Lord God Loves Them All. N...
View ArticleOctober’s Almost Over
But before it slips away, I have two things to say... #1 – October is my birth month, I hereby claim a dual birthstone – the traditional, beloved opal alongside the lowly, but highly charged coffee...
View ArticleNeighborly Meals
A little over two weeks ago, our neighbor across the street tested positive for you-know-what. Most are renters on this block* – us in tiny houses, others in an apartment complex, one door down from...
View ArticlePeace Post: You can be the Revolution
“You cannot buy the Revolution. You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be the Revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” -Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed Talkin’ ’bout a Revolution...
View ArticleAt the Y Wondering Why?
Wednesday, October 3rd I drove the 5 miles across town to the newer Aldi’s on the West side of Florence, SC. It’s a better one than the one in our neighborhood as I live one block west of the area...
View ArticleApril 20 (Poem snippet)
April 20 Columbine 20 years ago On a Tuesday For 20 minutes Terror Reigned In Once a Safe Place ~~~ (30 minutes away, all 3 of our brood were also at school, presumably safe; learning, or not. Never to...
View ArticleYes, we have no banana (boxes)
Just got back from an aggressive search for free packing boxes from a variety of grocery (and non-grocery) stores. Grabbed a few that were offered, but quite frankly the pickin’s are slim. It’s time to...
View ArticleThe State of Our American Backyard
from cnn: (comments in italics are mine) “A beloved Northern California festival (Gilroy grows great garlic and is a small town for goodness’ sake), a neighborhood Walmart in Mississippi (who doesn’t...
View ArticleKeeping you in my heart for awhile…
Note: Something triggered this nostalgic moment and while more on the rough draft side, I thought I’d use it for day three of my “6 years on WP.org” posts. One of the joys of being a performing member...
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