Although it’s title could well describe the sudden warm spell we’re having in upstate New York, this poem is about sometimes finding beauty and a sense of kinship where you least expect it.
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New poem, “Strange and Lovely”
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New poem, “Made Whole”
Exploring how differently things can look to each of us – big issues or small ones – depending on what side you’re on, or where you stand.
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Making my Mother’s Day garden
Gardening has grown to be so many things for me: an art form, a story, a memory, a solace, and more...
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New poem, “Night Sounds”
A small greeting for this first day of May, one of my favorite months, a time when everything in nature really starts to come alive.
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New poem, “Treasure”
A small tribute for Earth Day today...
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New poem, “Sweet Regard”
A short tribute to all the life we share this planet with...
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New poem, “The Last Cord”
My farmhouse is sold and gone this past week, so this poem emerged...
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New poem, “Cruel Release”
Sometimes these days I have moments where I can’t, and don’t want to, feel anything anymore. Whether fear, concern, or sadness, it seems too much. As a nurse I feel it doubly at those times, …
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New poem, “Small Glories”
Here is a brief, bright poem for the spring equinox. Nature reminds me daily that it moves through its own rhythms regardless of human beings, and though that makes me feel very small sometimes, it …
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New poem, “Seesaw”
Thinking about what growing up with a difficult relationship with my father taught me about dealing with uncertainty and learning self-reliance, and with an understanding that fear and trust issues were set to seed, as …
