For My Class
For My Class
By Denise Marsh, 1st grade teacher
In my heart, not 6 feet apart
I have missed your sweet faces
Dreamt of hearing your voices
In all...
Spring Forward
Spring Forward
By Denise Marsh
The seeds you labored to sow.
Your time and love layered in rich soil.
Take pride in all you've bestowed.
True growth can stem...
A NEW LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY
A NEW LOVE ON VALENTINE’S DAY
With
Frankie and Johnnie
By John F. Rifenberg
Our new bundle of joy is to arrive on Valentine’s Day. It’s the day...
In the New
In the New
By Denise Marsh
Revise Renew Rethink
It is time to look with new eyes.
A year in review
The tears,
The smiles,
The fears...
Season of Light
Season of Light
By Denise Marsh
© 2019
Keep the light on
The flaming torch...
The fireplace ...
Hold onto its warmth before it is gone.
The gifts of the season...
Your...
Thankful
Thankful
By Denise Marsh
Thankful
Not just for a beautiful sky
Or a sunny day
When all we wanted to do was cry.
Thankful is kind and unassuming
He delivers his...
You Want Inspiration
You Want Inspiration?
"She called in her soul to come in and see." - Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God
Call in your soul...
For My New Class
A poem for my new class
This is a new year for you.
This is your time to be true.
It is a fresh new start
so give...
Undocumented
Undocumented
By Krista Martinelli
Undocumented Mexican laborers
It happened to a nineteen-year-old me.
On a cherry orchard on the side of a mountain
Flathead Lake, Montana.
Big Sky country.
They would...
Before Summer Rain
Suddenly, from all the green around you,
something-you don't know what-has disappeared;
you feel it creeping closer to the window,
in total silence. From the nearby wood
you...