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...

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...

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,...

Ok... so I knew my Hearing was waning. For years. Little things like everyone Mumbling. Asking my family to Repeat themselves. Missing...

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...

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...

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....

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…...

“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,”...

So today finally came. The day the children grew up. The grandchild left for school. The daughter found her true love. Today finally came...

Sparkling flashes of scarlet and emerald. Whirring of tiny wings caressing the air. Magical fairies that sip Flower nectar and fig juice....

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....

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...

A poem about changing direction in life.

Love that has no boundaries. Love that keeps on going Despite my anger, Laziness, exhaustion, Stupidity. Love that sees Beauty Instead of...

When Hollywood roses broke my back Captain Kirk asked if he could help. Connie Francis smiled and went looking for boys. A mermaid walked...

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....

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...

"Good fences make good neighbors." Said Robert Frost, But summers after supper in Texas Meant sitting out behind the house Where all the...

#lostpet #cats #grief Maybe she is ok. Maybe not. The orange feral mama cat Who visited us regularly for months. Sometimes stepping...