May 2021 ~ The Otters and the Seaweed

Resting in groups, wrapping ourselves in seaweed, we resemble a raft, staying close while the sea rocks us to sleep.  That's why you call us a "raft of otters." Makes you wish you were one of us, right?  The Otters and the Seaweed This is what you need to know: you need to know that [...]

By |2022-08-24T18:00:12+00:00May 1st, 2021|2021, Poem of the Month|

June 2017 ~ First Lesson

Surrendered, with arms wide open, be thankful to what holds you, and to the ones who taught you. Lie back, daughter, let your head be tipped back in the cup of my hand. Gently, and I will hold you. Spread your arms wide, lie out on the stream and look high at the gulls. A [...]

By |2021-02-16T12:49:59+00:00June 1st, 2017|Poem of the Month|

November 2015 ~ My Dead Friends

I have begun, when I'm weary and can't decide an answer to a bewildering question to ask my dead friends for their opinion and the answer is often immediate and clear. Should I take the job? Move to the city? Should I try to conceive a child in my middle age? They stand in unison [...]

By |2018-08-24T18:18:16+00:00November 1st, 2015|Poem of the Month|
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