Now that I’m between writing projects for a little while, I want to start doing the short reviews for the books I read last year — but first I have one post I need to write. It’s very late in coming, but it’s important! I realized when I opened this website last year for the first time in awhile that…
Words have meaning Scribbled pencil letters of a child Carefully penned journal entries The rapid keystrokes of a novelist Words have power A lover’s whispered promises A politician’s telepromptered speech The commands of a boss for his subordinate Words have value The ten commandments penned by the Divine Quilled acts and scenes by Shakespeare The latest Readers’s Digest Words have…
Do you like poetry? I love it, though I can be kindof picky when it comes to which poems resonate with me, and which ones I just don’t click with. Some of my favorite poetry is that which my dear friend Ophelia-Marie Flowers had written. I have a couple of her books, and can’t wait to get my hands on…
I wrote this poem two years ago, but for some reason I’ve been feeling nudged to share it the past couple weeks. It’s very unusual, but I like it, and I hope you will, too. Behind the Mask the high school reunion’s perfect too perfect full of color and light and songs that make you want to dance and laughing…