Flashbacking
Prairie girl dress pulled over my head pecking my way into a smiling black trash bag of pinafores and lace
Writing Prompts
Meditation on a feather in the vase on my windowsill
I’m looking at the details.
The smaller picture.
Minutia of goose plume,
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What I’m not thinking about
What I’m not thinking about is the lawn mower,
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Metaphor for 2024
They should never have planted that tree
so close to the old foundation.
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Threads of Poetry – Haiku
Some poems I’ve posted on Threads. Let’s connect there.
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Divorce
For weeks, you deny you resent me, withdrawing, same as rain, lie holding its breath like heavy August air, you,
More Haiku for National Poetry Month 2023
As we wrap up the month, here are some more small offerings.
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Haiku for National Poetry Month
Poetry based on vss365 and Mindful Writing course prompts
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Apologies to William Carlos Williams
So much depends
upon
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Speaking to Specters
by Katherine Gotthardt Through your ageless eyes, I understand your replies to what you most fear: trembling from the tip
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Retreat
Love sometimes requires retreating,
backing up,
reversing the pace
that brought us into spaces
where nothing was ever comfortable,
no memory or seat we could share,
no reserve preserved for those worst hours,
