Waking To What Is
About
Shy but trying. There is/was something about accountability in starting this blog in 2017. It’s NaPoWriMo month, 2024. Every April is National/Global Poetry Writing Month. I started putting up poems here during poetry month as a way of holding myself accountable to a daily practice. Devoted reader, fan, and writer of poetry for much of…
Delight
We laugh.You makecrooked smilesat nine weeksgive or takea day.We meet the morning,enter a flowfamiliarto the newlyborn,in a newtimemeanderfromsleep to sleep,wakefulawakenings.Rest isfuel forthe milestonesyoureach right beforeour eyes:You smileat my smile.We aremirrorspassing in time.Maybe I growyounger asyou grow up.Take my finger.Lead on, babychild,I’m alongfor the ride.Teach meto lovethe shadows of late afternoonleaves again,light beamson a crackedwall, the…
Early Morning Poems 