Inspired by Billy Collins’ poem If ever there were a spring day so perfect, so, uplifted by a warm intermittent breeze that it made you want to throw open all the windows in the house… By Billy Collins By River Brown If ever there were a day so clear, So clean lifted with fresh swirlingContinue reading “Today”
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Staying
Inspired by the poem, The Gift, by Li-Young Lee To pull the metal splinter from my palm my father recited a story in a low voice. I watched his lovely face and not the blade. Before the story ended, he’d removed the iron sliver I thought I’d die from. Staying By River To stand andContinue reading “Staying”
2020 Was Hilarious
(This is a collaboration with a writing partner. To read more of her work follow the tag “Guest Author”) Winter just started. It’s dark at 4:30 pm It’s dark at 6 a.m. Then a moment of pink. What if you find the cartoon in all this 2020 ness? Mess? Stress? Fess? Consider: There’s your friend, aContinue reading “2020 Was Hilarious”