Back to the epistles again. When he read those words about being in love I couldn’t help but think of you the small moments that we shared the laughs we had the feelings we tried so hard to resist I’m so glad we gave in it may not have been enough but what we had has stayed [...]
Tag: reminiscence
December 8th
It was Monday evening, a few minutes before 9 p.m. I had spent the last 35 minutes or so listening to Armed Forces by Elvis Costello and the Attractions; M*A*S*H would be coming on at 9, so I put away the LP, turned off the stereo, and headed for the living room. Since my mom had already [...]
That laugh she had (a poem)
The August 19th prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to write linked haiku, with the last line of the first verse becoming the first line of the second, and so on. It also suggested writing about a favorite flower, tree, or vine, but I [...]
Port Townsend acrostic (a poem)
The August 2nd prompt in The Daily Poet: Day-By-Day Prompts For Your Writing Practice, by Kelli Russell Agodon & Martha Silano, is to find something purchased on a trip somewhere, then write a poem in which each line starts with a letter from the name of the city where the item was purchased. The poem is supposed to incorporate [...]
Hope’s Eternal Embrace
We fell into each other's arms. It felt good to hold her, and to be held. But it was much more than that. In that moment, we were united in our mutual longing. It was as though we were clinging to each other for life. We held onto each other so tightly that the only way [...]
The Call
Trees by lamplight Water flowing The silence speaks it’s all-knowing All I can do is to listen and hope that I truly hear her voice when she beckons me now to draw me near When I hear the call I must go I must go So I go (29 June 2013)
