(july 2013) Step one of growing older in the presence of the elderly: observe how the giants of your childhood wither into frailtyStep two: begin to second guess every eccentricity Is this what they meant by signs to look for?When did she get so small?How could she have ever forgotten my birthday?Step three: dance around her with the nervousness reserved for the ill.She will look at you with the resentment that can only come from those whom illness has only left shame and regret. Step four: begin to hold her hand again. It is one to thing to care for…
bankrupt
(oct. 2013) Part of me longs for richness With wealth comes the freedom To make your home in whatever place you like. Tell me that true wealth comes from loving And I will tell you that love goes far But cannot feed empty bellies You cannot pay bills on love alone And too much of this life comes with a price. Tell me I cannot eat money But tell me what I can eat without it. Tell me that true wealth comes from the people you hold in you heart And I will tell you that there are people Who…
re: self care
I am learning mantras And rubbing them Like oils into my skin Mine is a good body And the world, Wondrous as it is, Is made more so When I am in it These are my balms. Let them be salves For the cracks in my soul.
on blooming:
lessons i learned from the pavement: life continues to bloom; even through cracks in the concrete.
Re: Old Age
Day 8- Write a cinquain on a topic of your choice. maybe she lost all that weight so you could get used to seeing your giants shrink to nothing.
To The Stump In my Garden
Day 7- Take a walk until you find a tree you identify with, then write a poem using the tree as a metaphor for yourself or your life. To the stump in my garden that has begun to sprout Mere days after its branches have been shorn: Teach me whatever lessons you have learned How to give thanks for your still solid roots And how to recalibrate the hardened fibres of your bark And make life once more.
Lemons
Day 5- Write a three line poem about lemons without using the following words: lemon, yellow, round, fruit, citrus, tart, juicy, peel, and sour. My mouth puckers at the taste But it is not without a lesson: Take nothing without a pinch of salt
In Your Old Age
Day 3- Find the nearest book (of any kind). Turn to page 8. Use the first ten full words on the page in a poem. You may use them in any order, anywhere in the poem. Senescence is the great equaliser. great men, average men, men of faith, men of none living life with the promise that some of its secrets will be revealed but all you will ever learn are verbs like forgetting and dying.
Upon Review
Day 2- Who was the last person you texted? Write a five-line poem to that person. I cannot write about you. Poetry reveals truths And I cannot hear those truths Without revealing hurts. I still have not healed from your last wounds.
Light Pollution
“the light reveals all sins,” she always said. but the dark shows me the stars.