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Building the Earth
Thoughts on ’ Building the Earth’Most people would admit to hoping that the world will be a better place because they have been in it.Some people, perhaps most of us, desire to grow into the people love calls us to be.So where do we look for ideas on how to build the...
The Fist Poem of My Adult Life I Chose to Keep and Why I Am Glad I Did.
On The RiverOn land good dialogue is difficult.Seasons tell us when to rest and when to grow.The river is the place for easy flow.Flotsam and jetsam float on by.The daystar and night stars light our way.Huck and Jim were friendson the river.I offer this poem, which I...
Witnessing Compassion
This line, which can be useful every day, is from American poet and painter, e.e. cummings:Trust your heart if the seas catch fire, live by love if the stars walk backward.The 1990s were some of the years when I learned most about loving relationship. We lived in...
Memorial Day Weekend in Colorado at 9000 feet
We were in Buena Vista over Memorial Day Weekend on the first warm day of the year as a party of six - - four senior adult people, two couples, and our friends’ two dogs. The older dog was a senior chocolatelab and the other a young black lab and pointer mix. We were...
Diamonds and Sutras – a Sestina Poem
DIAMONDS AND SUTRAS: A Sestina, written June 21, 2013. ‘Diamonds and Sutras’ is in Poems for the Journey. Read my tutorial on how to write a Sestina here. I hope you will enjoy it.Some people make their fortunes finding diamonds.Others practice knowledge of the...
How to Write a Villanelle Poem
‘The Way Things Are Is Large,’ is a villanelle in Poems for the Journey p.19. I like writing poems that have some form. It helps get me started with words on the page. Two strong lines about things the poet cares deeply about give energy for finding the other lines....