I don’t consider myself a master class poet but I do enjoy grouping words together from time to time when I am inspired. Here are a few examples:
October 26, 2019
Missing the love of my life. Trying to capture the feeling with words.
July 30, 2018
Walking to work the other day, I spotted an old tree that captured my attention standing against the backdrop of the breaking dawn. I couldn’t resist snapping a picture. Later, I felt compelled to garnish the image with a few inspiring words.
April 17, 2018
Inspired by spring bulbs poking their way up through the thawing ground after a particularly cold spring, I wrote this poem.
April 11, 2016
I got a little down yesterday when I considered that no matter how much time, energy or resources I was investing in mom, she was not going to get better. The human side of me said, “why keep trying.” The Spirit inside of me thought otherwise…
March 5, 2016
I wrote this poem amid the rapid decline of my mother’s health and her unexpected confinement to a nursing home. It was, and still is, a family favorite.
Scraps 