Hello Readers, Writers, and Friends, Happy Friday. I’m hoping it’s a good one for you. My kids have been on Spring Break for a week now. It’s fine. It’s Fine. IT’S FINE! But next week promises a bit of a … Continue reading
Category Archives: Poetry Piazza
Poetry Piazza: Pangram Haikus
Justice makes a box which zealots grind sinners. Pray, query forgiveness. As everyone knows the haiku is one of my favorite poetic forms. At a virtual writer’s conference over the previous weekend I took a class on borrowed forms as … Continue reading
Poetry Piazza: The Echo of Absence
The poetic part of my brain-soul often gets inhibited by the medications I take to keep me mentally aloft. Every now and again enough pressure builds that words break through and when that happens I get really excited. So here is something that bubbled to the surface. I hope you enjoy.
The desert is a place of echoes.
Not enough life,
no soft spaces
to dampen and hold
what gets whispered
in the dark.
Dry, brittle ground
sends sound on its way
until its strength is spent.
Each breath rushes off
with nothing to impede
progress from ear to ear
to ear.
Even when the rain comes
it’s the thunder
that arrives first.
Tumbling over valley floors
that reverberate back
the sentiment that
all creatures in
parched places call
to the clouds.
I miss you.
Poetry Piazza: Mom Haiku- To Do List
It has been a crazy week all around. We’ve been on spring break and just found out here in AZ the schools will be closed for an extra week. Luckily, I like my kids most fo the time ;). If … Continue reading
Poetry Piazza: Mom Haiku- Stilettos
For every mom who takes their job seriously, this teetering feeling is often the norm. You aren’t alone, in fact you are pretty much normal. If doing it all feels impossible, that’s because it is. Take off the expectations. Run bare foot in the grass.
~Anika