Posts Tagged ‘poetry’
Ode to a working freelance writer…
I am a freelance writer – oh how I love to write Stringing words together, morning, noon and night It took me quite a while, to give this path a go Afraid I’d never make it, and that they’d all say no I started very slowly, beginning with a blog Years of dreary office [Read More]
Little Shoes
There was a little girl, wearing little shoes Searching high and low, looking for her muse It wasn’t in the house, or out behind the tree Not up in the mountains, and not down by the sea She sat upon a rock, and stared up at the sky Not knowing what to do, she then [Read More]
Friendship lost and found…
Roaring like a fire So intense the flame As fires prone to burning out It never stays the same People come and go Friendships lost and found They enter and they leave a mark Then leave without a sound That’s not to say it’s all for naught For each a lesson [Read More]
Me…
I look in the mirror, hoping to see A glimmer, a spark, of the things that you see Don’t think I’m so special – no more so than you It’s not who I am, it’s not what I do That isn’t to say I’m not ok with my lot Ever so grateful for all that [Read More]
She thinks…
She thinks of words that never were said Of phrases and thoughts still trapped in her head Of gestures and opportunities lost Of wasted chances and emotional cost She thinks of the memories spanning so many years Of laughter and joy, and yes, even tears Of fun and of games, [Read More]
Elusive…
Forgive me for being in a poetry mood lately. I’m not sure what brought it on, though I have to say that I’m enjoying it tremendously. I find I’m so intensely drawn to the poems I’ve been writing, much more so than I’m drawn to my usual essays [Read More]
The Little Boy
I place my fingers on his waist and lift him way up high He flings his arms around my neck and looks me in the eye “I love you”, says the little boy, solemn and sincere Then suddenly his face lights up; he grins from ear to ear A favorite song* begins to play; [Read More]
Paths we cannot change…
Fleeting thoughts of you They swirl around my mind Specks of memories dance about And prick me from behind Though time has passed and pain has dulled You’re never far away Reminding me of what was lost Or that you’ll never see today I think of all the joy you brought, [Read More]
