Contemplating things that have and have not changed…
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memories
Illumination (A poem)
Getting back to it after a bit of a break. Note that I am using illumination here in the Japanese sense; examples of illumination can be seen here and here. Continue reading
On your birthday (a poem)
A few weeks ago, I learned that a friend of mine died of cancer last September. Today would have been her 52nd birthday.
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The meaning of winter (a poem)
The February 17th prompt in The Daily Poet, by Kelli Russell Agodon and Martha Silano, is to list memories of winter, then write a poem about them.
All I have left (a poem)
Remembering a few more things here and there…
Remembering (a poem)
Today, I remember…
Upon finding the box of Polaroids I had taken a few weeks ago but then forgot all about (a poem)
Last night, I used my Polaroid SX-7o for the first time this year. When putting the print in the empty film box to save until I got home, I found that I had left three photos in it from the last time I used the camera…
Bow Hill Road (a poem)
A familiar sight driving north on I-5 towards Bellingham and the Canadian border is the exit sign for Bow Hill Road…
A place that can’t exist again (a poem)
Inspired in part by a New York Times an NPR story about Chris Stein’s photography…
A long time ago (a poem)
The September 24th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, involves writing a poem about the sky that has nothing to do with the weather. I couldn’t avoid that entirely, but… Continue reading
Ordinary Average Thoughts 