Threw a smooth small stone Into a vase of water On a flower-bedecked table Thinking of you And the life you threw away Gone now, but never forgotten Will I ever understand the darkness that destroyed your will to live?Perhaps someday… For now I am only sure of one thing I will always love you.
Tag: poetry
ChatGPT Concerns
I have been reading a lot about ChatGPT and wanted to see how it works. So I downloaded a ChatGPT AI (Artificial Intelligence) Assistant on my Iphone after Googling Chat GPT. It was made for Iphones and other Apple products and was said to be free. Of course it’s not free but you can try … Continue reading ChatGPT Concerns
For Turks, Syrians and others suffering loss
Photo by Umit Bektas/Reuters Seizing Shaking Crying Dying God in Heaven Is this what you envisioned for us? Pain Suffering Loss Death How do we go on? Sometimes We'd rather not Admiring, perhaps, those who endure despite everything Yet deep understanding, too, for those who choose To be done With living
The Long and Winding Road
By Sue Champion Photo by Johannes Plenio on Pexels.com Look back pilgrimCan you see your starting pointDid the road seem straightWhen you first began the journeyHow many wrong turns did you makeReturn to the crossroadsSelect another pathOnly to arrive at a dead endDid you make wise choicesWith career path or your partnerDid you change your … Continue reading The Long and Winding Road
A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Mayfly photo By Susan Champion A Day in the Life of a Mayfly is all the time she’s got to swarm in daylight sky until darkness calls the shot a few short hours to soar and achieve a life time’s goal would she wish for more or accept this is her role along with a thousand … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Memorial Day
By Lisa Denton The day was set the bar was bookedAll arrived, they all lookedCheerful in the circsWinks and nods, even smirksThis crew of friends from days of yoreHad wanted to do this, months beforeRules in play on the original dayTho’ broke and busted byThose we trustedA lesson here for one and allWhose tick in … Continue reading Memorial Day
Two Images
By John Edwards a wave surge smacks against this super-yacht languishing marina-bound and impotent now portals still gleam in clear sun looking out on peace no sound of incendiaries here an explosive surge exposes living rooms opening them as a can-opener would soul less eyes of the apartment block glare out onto shattered shards of … Continue reading Two Images
Our “Impossible Times” by Adrienne Maree Brown
Poem as poster we are living in impossible times. if it were fiction it would be critiqued as hyperbolic. if it were nightmares we would never sleep. we are living in times created by our own species. i can’t remember the last time my tears weren’t man-made. it feels like everything is broken. we must, … Continue reading Our “Impossible Times” by Adrienne Maree Brown
My Heavy Heart
I am retired and no longer have to work So why am I so sad? I am in good health as is my husband So why am I so sad? We have enough money to not worry about the future So why am I so sad? Is the pandemic taking the joy out of living? … Continue reading My Heavy Heart
Our Neighborhood Pottymouth
The old man in the nursing home screams out obscenities at least once a week His booming voice carries throughout the neighborhood I can hear him 3 blocks away as he screams over and over Motherfucker! Son-of-a bitch I speculate his children put him in this nursing home to solve their "difficult parent" problem But … Continue reading Our Neighborhood Pottymouth
US Author Nancy Klein in Spain 