a poem is a sermon
The moon is as full tonight as my heart; it hangs low in the sky, brimming with light that cascades in dimming circles that start to lose their focus in the wet hot night. Only half filled, and yet it seems so bright and clear, despite the shrouding, cloying fog that seeks to blur away […]
The air is starting to gain water weight – it sweats like a fat man there at the gate and leaves hints of moisture with its warm touch; under its heavy hand, it is too much work to even sit outside until late. Even then, as the night blooming flowers unfold and release their sweet […]
Maybe it’s just me, but a bumper sticker this morning bothered me (I know, I know, such a little thing to get rattled over). It was on the rear bumper of an SUV belonging to a teacher at my daughter’s school (BTW, the #1 rated high school in the state, and the ONLY public school […]
The gutters are filled and the streets overflowing The raindrops keep falling, the winds keep on blowing And just when it will stop, there’s no way of knowing So batten the hatches, and prepare for rowing The skies are dark grayish, and no light is shining For warm winds and sunshine we all are a-pining […]
It was bitter cold there along the shore as we took our exercise this morning, the icy wind making our half hour seem more than endless. As rainclouds began forming we kept our steady pace while turning back, watching as crows gathered under a tree to glean through some refuse, their coats of black dark […]
It’s not so cold as in Montana, the winter in Louisiana; but if the humid heat of June boils thin your blood, you change you tune when icy rain clouds fill the sky and it drops below fifty five. I’ve lived up north, and shoveled snow and I don’t miss 18 below; it’s warmer here […]