Expect that you won't know what to do from one moment to the next. Expect that people are going to say stupid things like comparing losing your father to join a club. Expect that you won't be able to sleep or you will over sleep. Expect people to treat you different. Or like nothing at … Continue reading What to Expect When Grieving
Poetry
Seen
I've wanted to be seen
The Day with Verbs
Up with the throbbing head again No wine to blame stumbled out the door into the world locking myself out meandered my way back in set to work putting things here and there walked the dog recycling to the bin errands ran dishes to the sink clothes to the hamper litter to the bin walked … Continue reading The Day with Verbs
A Good Man Died
A good man died today, or maybe it was yesterday. News of his passing just reached me today A good man died And in his honor I'm drinking some whiskey Some sweet Jack that he would have liked My heart weeps and my world quakes But its foundations still hold firm I may weep and … Continue reading A Good Man Died
Writing Exercise – I am Poem #1
Every nine weeks, my students write a new I-Am poem to help build their writing portfolio and so they can see how they changed over the course of the year. It is interesting to read them because often times even though they know that their poems will be read by me they confess little truths … Continue reading Writing Exercise – I am Poem #1
Turn Back
Turn Back Now Don't hesitate A Trap Lies Ahead Adulthood is filled with all the things you want and not enough time or money to do them Paying all your bills becomes the greatest thrill
Wacky or Tacky
Wacky or Tacky with your little Hitler hair cut and your 99 cent discount attitude What you want to do What you want is somehow always at the cost of what others need.
Momma Does
Sometimes Momma can't be there do what others say needs to be done sometime she became a mother to young or Papa walked out or gotta brought up on charges Or found a job three states away Sometimes the way the dice roll Momma isn't there to meet the bus Or the check isn't enough … Continue reading Momma Does
An Open Apology
There you were nervous shaking keeping it cool while your fingers ran over and over the cash in your palm the hard earned benjamins in your pocket You knew it was close you tried to do the math all in your head figure it out tax included. In the end, you were one jar … Continue reading An Open Apology
Dreams
When reality comes home to roost dreams lose their shine and the grass is instantly greener on the other side
Lucinda Rose 