249: to call a friend

they say the reports for sensationalism we are calling more seeking connections stock shares have risen so high for Zoom Skype WhatsApp at first I thought it strange I only want to talk to my heart some boys some husband a local who passes by maybe but all in all the...

248: back step sitting

a willful effort at 4:30am the bugs afterall this summer morning but I could not resist the call of cooler air fireflies a far bird song with my morning cold brew

247: front porch 3am

a tumult of winds last night I assess no real rain which is what we ache for torn fence down debris and tree limbs small ones thank God no harm but a broom and maybe rake just enough light I take another spoon full of granola the lightening bug caught there in the...

246: I’ve no poem in me

today I am too full of fear anxiety anger assumption they sit at the helm awaiting my attention in such a way that a poem finds no room to enter I’ve told them to go done what is prescribed and yes they have stepped aside a bit know better and enough and all is...

245: i speak on anger

I’ve chosen it as the emotion for our exploration today virtual lesson we do that now this I thought myself not so attached to anger that it is more so fear or anxiety or dramatized need from boredom or perceived inequity so the universe tossed a challenge into...

244: one of those days

it’s one of those days though when you really address it every day is one of those days in one way or another the heat stiffling nearly paralyzing air conditioner no longer something to decide to endure without it must merton said these were penences I find him...