Waving in the wind In layers of color, leaves Shift and fall to earth Today is a rather blustery day. The wind, cold from the north, swept in on the heels of yesterday’s rain. I turned on the heater for the first time this morning. The kids all willingly wore their jackets to school. I [...]

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This post is part of the One Word at a Time Blog Carnival hosted by Bridget Chumbley. The week’s topic: Fellowship. With my apologies in advance, here’s an attempt at a poem: In the Fellowship Hall Eleven years old, Legs cold on a metal folding chair. Surrounded by fellowship In an echoing hall. Sunday mornings, [...]

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Sky a vibrant blue. So bright that it makes your Whole face squinch up. Only hours before… All gray. Wet. Cold. And hours from now, Gusts will scud feathery Clouds across the blue. Wind rocking oaks and pines. Saplings and pillars of 100 years, And some will fall. But for now, a lull. Aching beauty, [...]

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I’m feeling rather poetic today. Why? Maybe it’s the view outside my kitchen window: Thin lavender clouds, strewn like tattered throw rugs along a pale horizon. (Is “throw rug” ever a poetic phrase?) Or it might be the song that’s stuck in my head: Trousers loosed, Abandoned to battle gravity – beltless. Imprudent-seeming, you Speed their [...]

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I had the most amazing pumpkin-apple soup in New York last week. It was the first course of our fancy dinner before we went to see the Broadway musical, “Billy Elliott.” Which we viewed from the fourth row. The waiter brought the soup out PIPING hot, and after he ladled some into my bowl, he [...]

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Charlie and kids out. I sit on the couch, read, and chat on the Twitter. Time to go get girls, No way – my keys are missing. Where the heck are they? Search the entire house, Every surface in every room. Charlie’s gonna kill me. Where’d I leave them now? Third purse search yields them [...]

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A sunbeam, more powerful Than the clouds That try to contain it, Paints a line of light Across the living room floor. And upward in the beam Tiny particles spin through still indoor air Like principal dancers In a microscopic ballet. I blink. Black letters fade Into white background. Pupils contracting, I peer At a [...]

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UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Robin’s back in business! Go visit her to see all the other great poetry! UPDATED FRIDAY EVENING: Poor Robin’s site has been down all day due to a dead computer. So I’ve changed a couple permalinks in this post. And I guess we’ll just have to be patient until she gets [...]

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