Poem: Writer’s Block
A whimsical poem about writer’s block and an elusive paragraph.
Tag: Poetry
For Dad…National Poetry Month
I’m not on the recommended pace to write a poem each day this month to participate in National Poetry Month, but this one happened in about 30 seconds. There will never be another muse like my Dad. He was a remarkable, wonderful, loving, accepting, listening […]
Time Travel in the Produce Section (a poem)
A vignette in the produce section inspired a poem about dads and daughters.
poem: what if every day was new year’s day?
A clarion call for mindfulness: what if every day was new year’s day?
Heart-Theater, an Elegy
An elegy for three, from the one remaining. They live in my heart-theater, their voices all trumpets and whispers and hugs.
An Early, Bitter Tanshi from a Most Cheerful Girl
Bitter over a teenage breakup, I wrote a tiny little poem, a tanshi. It has always stuck with me; it’s so bitter and melodramatic that it makes me laugh.
A Mother’s Poem on Mothers’ Day
A poem from the heart on Mothers’ Day about the incredible blessing of having a kid.
“Give me a word and I will write a poem starting with that word…”
The author of the A Passers By blog says, “Give me a word and I will write a poem starting with that word.” So I did!
Christmas Wishes from E. B. White – The New Yorker Radio Hour – WNYC
This heartfelt, ironic, wry and ultimately sweet poem is worth 3 minutes of your time. Click on the link below to hear it read aloud. Merry Christmas. E. B. White sends Christmas greetings to uncertified accountants, old men asleep in libraries, and people who think […]
beth and bella and bree and brielle (an amazing poem by a very wise 6th grader)
This beautiful, gentle, tranquil and philosophical poem is rich with imagery, illustrative of the concept and value of mindfulness, and fills me with hope.
Water, Wind and Land: Metaphors for a Geophysicist (remembrance for Grandpa on his 98th birthday)
Reconstructing Grandpa in the museum of my heart – a poem in memory of an amazing man, Thomas Carlyle Holt.
My Brother’s Suicide: Out of the Darkness and Into the Light
I have never said this in a public forum: my brother’s untimely death four years ago was a suicide. Hear my plea: if you’re hurting, please tell someone.
Death is Life-Affirming: Hibiscus Haiku
A gift of a live and blooming hibiscus, with a heartfelt haiku to celebrate Dad’s life.
you, amazing you / footprints on our heart-sands (another poem for Dad from a grateful daughter)
a free verse remembrance for an amazing man
A Poem from Long Ago: “For You, Mom, On Your Brother’s Death”
My uncle Nathan, my mother’s brother, would have been 70 this month. He was only 40 when he died in 1988. Sad and shocked, I wrote this poem for my Mom at the time and it was part of his memorial service. Just today, I […]
