poetry

Wander to Wonder

Wander to Wonder    So I begin to wander off. Seeking a place to be; I sit upon the concrete gazing out at –what?   I think of Socrates, who writes ‘wisdom begins with wonder’ and so I begin to wonder as my pencil meets paper…   This place is new to me and  I …

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(re)story

Account, annals Blog Cannon, chronicle, confabulation Discourse, discursive Encyclopedia, epic Fable, fairy tale, fiction, folklore (her)story, (his)story Inquiry, inquisition, Instagram, investigation  Memoir, (mys)story, myth, Narrative Parable, portrait, Record, report, rehearsal, recital, rendering Testament, testimony, tale, twitter Saga, statement, story Vignette Yarn (re)story

The Family Trees

The Family Tree(s)   There is the Grand Fir, perching on the edge of the horse paddock. The one Jani always fled to. “I’m running away!” Why did mom always let her go? Bags packed, she’d stomp out of the house, down the concrete sidewalk, dividing the front lawn from the garden, past the light …

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Stretch Marks

stretch marks Adorn this body. as a portent of times past of lives held, nurtured and birthed. Of past desires, longings, hopes, anxieties, fear, regret, passion, dreams, possibilities  Now light fingertips, intimate kisses  follow these lines  A cartography etched on my belly, hips and breasts  my body, my scars, my stories  of a mother’s love, …

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