October, 2011 – The Peace of Wild Things
When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children's lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
October, 2009 – Touched by an Angel
Touched by An Angel
by Maya Angelou
We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes...
A Song of Travel
A Song of Travel
By Rudyard Kipling
Where's the lamp that Hero lit
Once to call Leander home?
Equal Time hath shovelled it
'Neath the wrack...
June, 2009 – Yesterday
Poem of the Month
By Minx Boren
yesterday
sometime
between the washing and drying of sheets
I remembered to be grateful for the many friends
who have blessed me with...
May, 2013 – Doves
no one will ever
know this
about my life
My Life had stood – a Loaded Gun
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun (764)
BY EMILY DICKINSON
My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun -
In Corners - till a Day
The...
Aging
By John F. Rifenberg
My mind lives this fabulous life; it’s full of...
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...
November, 2012 – On Beauty
Where shall you seek beauty, and how shall you find her unless she herself be your way and your guide?
Longing for Shelter
Longing for Shelter
We build couch pillow forts before we learn to add.
We crave tiny tree houses before we can climb,
blanket tents before we’ve ever...