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Category Archives: Poetry
Will You Listen?
Will You Listen? I am speaking To you Will you Listen? Through the starry Goddess in the sky Is she Mary? Mother Goddess? Or just me Calling you out To play? Through the cool Shady stone of This seat Hands … Continue reading
Posted in Divine, Flowers from my garden, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Birds, blue jay, crows, goddess, heat, Love, meditation, mourning dove, ocean, stars, Summer
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What I Want for My Children
Upward mobility—of course Don’t we all? But not in the form of things Like cars and jobs and houses The evolution I crave On their behalf Is upward mobility Of the soul The square toed repose Of nirvana The sacred … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Children, Evolution, Love, Mystics, Nirvana, Spiritual Evolution, Upward Mobility
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Arise, Sing, Tis Easter
She used to make: • The ham biscuits • The green beans • The deviled eggs • The potato salad • The fruit salad • The coconut cake • The sweet tea • The Easter Baskets Now her energy is … Continue reading
Posted in Dementia, Poetry, Seasons, Uncategorized
Tagged Aging, Caring for elderly parents, Easter, food, Love, Mothers, Southern traditions
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Breathe
Where is my white lace? I am Aliza My breath is your breath My consumptive lungs—your lungs My broken heart—your heart My son is dying slowly One brain cell at a time You may think him your father I know … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Dementia, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Father, Grandmother, Heart, Lungs, Reincarnation, Son, Tuberculosis, White Lace
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Let’s Meet at Deetjen’s
Let’s Meet at Deetjen’s Recently, my daughters and I took an enchanted trip to Big Sur, California and stayed at the magical Deetjen’s Big Sur Inn. It was very hard to leave. So I wrote this little poem to remember … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged Big Sur, Daughters, Deetjens', enchantment, Mercy, Meteors, Redwoods, Whales
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Floundering
Floundering It is dusk I drive east from the Retirement community And think to myself alone, “I am floundering.” Do flounder actually flounder? Or is it only a human thing, This floundering? I have seen a flounder Fighting for her … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Dementia, Poetry
Tagged Aging, Alzheimer’s, Caring for elderly parents, Fish, fishing, Floundering
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Heart Shaped Muffins
Heart Shaped Muffins Heart shaped muffins No special recipe Just a store bought package Add water Bake The worst possible Assemblage of ingredients No nutrition Not even real berries Only sugary blue things But then, what is the Nutritional value … Continue reading
In the Garden – A Summer Solstice Story
In the Garden A Summer Solstice Story The longest day of the year is over and now we head Inch by inch, day by day Into the darkening. There is a sadness in The garden today It happened while we … Continue reading
It’s So Easy To Dismiss Him
It’s So Easy To Dismiss Him It’s so easy to dismiss him now, This man whose mind betrays him. This man once full of vibrant energy Of hand-holding devotion Of physical long-tall presence Of booming lyric voice Of cross-country travels … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's, Dementia, Poetry
Tagged Aging, Alzheimer’s, Birds, Caring for elderly parents, Dementia
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What I Like About Buzzards
What I Like About Buzzards Wobbly buzzards Flying in the air What I admire about them – They are ugly and they just don’t care They seem to hang out together And work together And play around in the sky … Continue reading