The month is MarchPackets of possibility arriveThe seed trays are waitingCarefully little seedsAre planted in the trayOf cups. Gently watered The sunroom nurturesTheir daily growth withWarmth of early spring sunUp … Continue reading Seeds Of Gratitude by Mary Perrin Scott
Ode to My Coffee Maker by T. Mary Tallon
Oh classic Cuisinart coffee maker, how I adore theeFor each morning you beckon me out of slumberWith your, not too loud so as to wake the whole house beepsCalling, “come … Continue reading Ode to My Coffee Maker by T. Mary Tallon
Ode to our kitchen table by Kathy Barlow
We gathered round the kitchen table,Complete with six strong chairs,Confident we had learnt the fableOf how a family fares.Built from ash hewn miles away,When furniture was built to last.Heavy wood … Continue reading Ode to our kitchen table by Kathy Barlow
STACKS FROM TREES by Duane L. Herrmann
It is paper,it is treeschewed upreconstitutedinto thin, flat sheetsthat fill my roomin stacks and stackswith little order,but they are minechosen by mefor some purposeI may, or may not,remember.No one can … Continue reading STACKS FROM TREES by Duane L. Herrmann
The Vagaries of Memory by Leslie Sittner
Memory dissolves life eventsor freezes them in timeor floods them with confusionor drowns them in denial Memory can chip away at consciencecan harden the heartcan burden the braincan strangle the … Continue reading The Vagaries of Memory by Leslie Sittner
Goodbye Daddy by Joni Youse
I don’t dare to stay long...I said to the mirrorI never wanted tosay goodbye to youI never wanted youto see me cryYou are goneyet you are hereIn my heartIn my … Continue reading Goodbye Daddy by Joni Youse
One Last Adventure by Duane L. Herrmann
Two men were out for a drive. They could have been father and son, but were not. They were just friends, the younger one taking the older one for a … Continue reading One Last Adventure by Duane L. Herrmann
The Cake by Linda McKenney
The house was deeply quiet as everyone was asleep. Leaving the coolness of the window fan in her bedroom, she slinked out the door into the July heat of the … Continue reading The Cake by Linda McKenney
Fireflies Among the Bedrock by Linda Freedland
I sat, overlooking the green lush hills of Sorrento. I came here to escape. Escape the rejection, the humiliation of a marriage in shambles, the pain of watching the devastated … Continue reading Fireflies Among the Bedrock by Linda Freedland