Peggy Medberry
Hearing: A New Soundtrack
Ok... so I knew my Hearing was waning. For years. Little things like everyone Mumbling. Asking my family to Repeat themselves. Missing...
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Peggy Medberry
Sep 29, 20222 min read
A Grand Conversation
So… it’s been awhile. Has it? 45 years. A blink of an eye! To you perhaps. Actually barely an eyelash quiver Or one pulse of a...
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Peggy Medberry
Sep 7, 20221 min read
Corn Dog Blues
Life slips by day by day, Hour by Hour. Sixteen years of love And sweet adventures And trials and tears. Sixteen years of growing up And...
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Peggy Medberry
Aug 13, 20221 min read
I Didn't Want to Grow Old...
I didn’t want to grow old. Didn’t plan on it. Well, I wanted to live forever, Of course. But grow old, What is that? Retirement, grey...
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Peggy Medberry
Jul 15, 20221 min read
Tree Talk
Are you waving at me, tree? When usually you're so still. All the other branches are A hazy Monet But one leafy twig Is nodding at me....
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Peggy Medberry
May 25, 20221 min read
This Moment
You don’t get grades For real life… Someone once said. It’s not about getting an A Or even an E for effort. In real life you just get…...
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Peggy Medberry
May 23, 20221 min read
Appraisal
“No one will want this.” Miss Greyhair with the pinched face Announced as she placed a check mark On her crumpled paper. “But it’s old,”...
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Peggy Medberry
May 21, 20221 min read
Everything Changed Today
So today finally came. The day the children grew up. The grandchild left for school. The daughter found her true love. Today finally came...
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Peggy Medberry
May 19, 20221 min read
Hummingbirds
Sparkling flashes of scarlet and emerald. Whirring of tiny wings caressing the air. Magical fairies that sip Flower nectar and fig juice....
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Peggy Medberry
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Don't Wanna!
I’m having a Don’t wanna do it day. Which means Pretty much everything I should wanna do I don’t wanna do. It’s a tantrum. Don’t wanna....
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Peggy Medberry
Feb 22, 20221 min read
Back and Forth
Hammered gold mountains Against a lilac sky. A lone hawk looks on From his perch on the Twisted tree branch. My rocking chair moves Back...
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Peggy Medberry
Feb 10, 20221 min read
Corners
A poem about changing direction in life.
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Peggy Medberry
Feb 2, 20221 min read
Unconditional
Love that has no boundaries. Love that keeps on going Despite my anger, Laziness, exhaustion, Stupidity. Love that sees Beauty Instead of...
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Peggy Medberry
Feb 2, 20221 min read
God Scooped Me Up
God scooped me up. Used both of His hands, Picked me up with all of my stuff And plopped me down In a new place, A new home, new town,...
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Peggy Medberry
May 17, 20211 min read
Hollywood Roses
When Hollywood roses broke my back Captain Kirk asked if he could help. Connie Francis smiled and went looking for boys. A mermaid walked...
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Peggy Medberry
May 17, 20211 min read
Where Does the Time Go?
Where does the time go? Where does it run to? How can so many days And hours and seconds And years speed by When suddenly old happens....
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Peggy Medberry
May 17, 20211 min read
Waiting...
I am always waiting on something. My friend to call, The bagel to toast, The sun to set. My weight to drop, The house to sell, The baby...
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Peggy Medberry
May 12, 20211 min read
Summers after Supper
"Good fences make good neighbors." Said Robert Frost, But summers after supper in Texas Meant sitting out behind the house Where all the...
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Peggy Medberry
May 11, 20211 min read
God On My Patio
I slept in this morning And as I slowly shuffled Out to my patio I was startled to discover God was already there. Drinking coffee Out of...
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Peggy Medberry
May 7, 20211 min read
A Simple Loss
#lostpet #cats #grief Maybe she is ok. Maybe not. The orange feral mama cat Who visited us regularly for months. Sometimes stepping...
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