Tag: writing
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Stop and Write Some Poems
Shoes come off, then the socks,stepping lightly o’er the rocks. Wind picks up, kids run wild,flying through the grass awhile. Sitting down, looking up,slowing now to fill the cup. One line here, one verse there,meaning, meaning everywhere. Stop and write some poems.
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The Coy Wife
after Annie Finch At times I can lament my youthwhen body smooth and taut did proveitself blind to age and the passage of Timewhen words o’er ran the banks of meter and rhymeand verse came flawlessly free and streaming.Now the babies, crying then squealingwith delight and true frustration;we are swamped with operation:Family Life. So now…
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Happy Birthday Blog
I used to loathe the word “blog.” Now I love it. Love and Be Loved came to life one year ago, though it had been brewing, stewing, percolating long before that. This has been an excellent and amazing twelve months because “the blog” has helped keep me whole: it has given me an outlet, a…
Amy Secrist 