Dust & Memories In this lonesome attic space years rise up from their resting place All these photographs...the vivid memories Bring me down onto my grieving knees Letters writ in other's and my mother's hand And here's what used to be a wedding band A bit of lace, a lover's face A record album worn …
We Are All Beacons of Light
Today, there were seven of us at the Lansing Country Club. The distance from a country club to the little table in a kitchen where a family doesn’t have enough to feed everyone is about a million miles. But here we were, being honored with the Food Bank Council of Michigan’s Beacon of Light Award …
Poetry: Before the Sunrise
It is not when your heart is full that you feel the weight of all that you have It’s when you pull away Driving out under cover of darkness Leaning south down the water road Strings begin to pull Leading from my heart to theirs Stretched taut over the miles- Water color sky Bruised by …
Poetry Day: Dark Sky
When you're blinded by the light you never see the stars waiting there for you I could only see the pieces of the world That you lit up for me Until I found the strength to leave your blazing light- To step into the dark And wrestle down my fear Of what I couldn't see …
Where the hell have you been?
So, I'm a writer. Which means I have a "real job" and I write when I can. Which, for me, is when it's not peak wedding season. I have a venue in Northern Michigan. It's a really great little venue that's in high demand for couples looking for a fairytale wedding. So, from May until …
NaPoWriMo Poem #30: My Job Now
This is the final entry for the April 2019 National Poetry Writing Month Challenge: 30 Poems in 30 Days. This has been so interesting and like any creative endeavor, it makes me want to go make something else. I think I'll do some painting next... But for now, for Paul, who filled the world for …
NaPoWriMo Poem #29: That’s Ever Been
Poem #29 of 30 That's Ever BeenWhen he says My God, you're beautiful Believe it Believe it Believe it Like a radio wave Continuing out into the universe forever- So are the moments when You come to know yourself Through someone else's eyes Believe it Even when you cannot reconcile That love flushed observation With …
