two thirds of the way through already the well of inspiration runs dry the cup of overwork runneth over and still the words flow meaningless or otherwise the poet can but try
Month: April 2010
Poetry Month 2010 # 19
late night conversing with friends well worth a day’s distraction connecting with others is the meaning of life
Poetry Month 2010 #18
what use is the pile of books stacked neatly more or less at the side of the bed and the stack of books piled high on the table by the chair if all the time life is passing by just a few feet away and the books will be there tomorrow but the children will […]
Poetry Month 2010 #17
ROSEMARY The grand dame of the garden once overlooked the lavenders, sweet scented and clarifying, and the roses, sweeter still and delicate, and the asparagus with filmy fronds and red berries. The grand dame with bright blue blossoms adorning aromatic foliage has gone ahead, woody trunk and barren stems lie in repose among the weeds […]
Poetry Month 2010 # 16
Having given up the goal of perfection I am trying to discover the sweet spot of mediocrity.
Poetry Month 2010 #15
one more day one more and then another someday a light will appear at the end of the tunnel
Poetry Month 2010 #14
like the plinth to an unknown god this space is reserved for the unwritten poem
Poetry Month 2010 #13
when life gives you lemons you make lemonade until you remember that you still have perfectly good soda held in reserve on the back porch and just for a moment you ignore the lemons when the workload piles on with no relief in sight and the season stretches away against the horizon short night after […]
Poetry Month 2010 #12
the leaves that only a week ago slumbered in the swelling tips of the branches now fill the landscape screening the birds as they call to each other
Poetry Month 2010 #11
salmonberries at the margins of the elderberries willows by the frogpond maples blooming pendulous lanterns lingering in the dusk