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 [...]
In which you wish I’d go back to posting once a week
January 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Feeling writerly, Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?, poetry
Tags: American Idol·pants on the ground·poem·poetry·prose·wordplay
Fear, backlit
February 24th, 2009 · 21 Comments · Feeling writerly, My musings, poetry
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 [...]
Tags: burden·fear·matthew 11·poetry·sun·yoke is easy
Stef Poetry Jam – Save the Date!
November 5th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Humor: You're laughing WITH me, right?
FRIDAY, FRIDAY, FRIDAY! It’s… If you read me regularly, you’ve probably come to expect the usual inane and ridiculous observations about my journey as a mom, country dweller, embarrassing world traveler, and word nerd. If that’s all you want to see, you might want to skip tomorrow’s post. Cuz I’m gettin’ all LITERARY on y’all. [...]
Tags: english sonnet·poem·poetic license·poetry
Capturing the Essence of Autumn in the South
September 25th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Feeling writerly, The South: Fixin to bust out the sweet tea
Now I don’t claim to be a poet. But I’ve decided to take up the challenge made by Robin at Pensieve in her monthly… This month I’m learning a new poetic form: the CINQUAIN. It has bunches of definitions, but I chose the one used by most schoolchildren here in the States: 1 Noun 2 [...]
Tags: autumn·fall·family·life·poetry·seasons




