Two short poems inspired by a single poem by Pablo Neruda...
How to be Ageless
Sometimes, I feel ageless. When does that happen for you?
Botanophobia
Truly, there is a phobia for anything. I half-have botanophobia...
Wheat was first
Yearly, my body rejects something new. Wheat was first...
Temperature
A little poem about connection and how we come to each other's attention.
Swing
I'm in my 40s and I still love to swing on a swing...
Marbles
This short prose piece was inspired by a prompt to write about a body part.
Steps Counter
This short prose piece started with a prompt about change and "moving on".
Here
The image of a cat's stray whisker led to this poem...
#beautiful
A weird little vignette practicing voice, scene, and dialogue...
Goddesses
I'm always astonished at how several threads often braid together in life. In this case, reading Joseph Campbell's "Goddesses", plus a couple of conversations that didn't seem connected at the time have me thinking about where I "fit"...
Addiction
You don't always (ever?) know what you're getting with the person you fall in love with...