July 20 2015
It’s no secret that I love my grandchildren. I love them unconditionally just because they are. But one of the things I love about them is that they are cheerleaders for each other. For example, when Evie got up the courage to jump in the swimming pool with no one to catch him, Molly yelled, […]
May 28 2015
After posting all those poems in April, I was taking a little blogging break. This week I started thinking that I should get back to it, but nothing seemed worth blogging about. Today I got my inspiration. I was at the Riverside Convention Center helping to set up the prayer room for the ELCA Synod […]
April 30 2015
Here we are – the last day of April. This is the last poem I’ll be posting for a while, but I’ll be out looking for poetry in everything I see and do. How about you? Next So long, April. It’s been fun, but just one of those flings. Didn’t I tell you […]
April 29 2015
Today is my husband Gary’s birthday so I’m posting this poem for him. Gourmet Dining I cooked my love a dinnerfit for kings and queensAnd what did my beloved say?“I think I’ll have some beans.” Turkey, yams, and stuffing,potatoes, squash and greens,I heaped the fine food higher.He said, “Where are the beans?” Shrimp and clams […]
April 28 2015
This poem is for all of you gardeners who are anxious to get back at it. After Eden Weeds will make you crazy. The devil’s in the dirt. They’re crowding out my daisies, Those devils in the dirt. They’re crowding out my daisies. My ground here must be cursed. Weeds will make you […]
April 27 2015
Just for fun, I’m posting a Spanish poem that I found in an old poetry folder that dates back to when I studied Spanish for four years in high school. Los invisibles átomos del aire en derredor palpitan y se inflaman; el cielo se deshace en rayos de oro; la tierra se estremece alborozada; […]
April 26 2015
I know it’s not November, but it’s never the wrong time of year for giving thanks. THANKSGIVING I appreciate your time and your indulgence, God because I give so little of my time to you. I thank you for an unstubbed toe this month and leaving me with no more bruises on a tired and […]
April 25 2015
Our church and lots of other organizations are having Spring Clean-up Day today. These two stanzas from Robert Frost’s “Two Tramps in Mud Time” seem to describe today’s weather very well. The sun was warm but the wind was chill.You know how it is with an April dayWhen the sun is out and the wind […]
April 24 2015
Here are three more poems that I especially like from the treasure trove of Verdun Rose Griepp. Like any young woman, Verdun wrote a number of poems about love, but I chose not to share those. Instead, I like these first two that reveal more of herself and her voice, and the third that uses a voice […]
April 23 2015
Today a found a treasure trove of poetry. My friend Faith shared with me a notebook of poems written by her mother, Verdun Rose Griepp, back in the 1930’s. I was surprised and pleased to find that some of the poems were written in the form of cinquains. Verdun has passed away, but Faith gave me […]