No poetry today No lyrical musings on life's quandaries No alliteration or clever meter No inspiration demanding to be heard Begging, Pleading for release Just a blank page disappearing With a click and a clack A snap and a tap
Tag: freedom
One Name: Two Fates
Review of The Other West Moore By Wes Moore Available through Amazon Since the day that NPR aired a story on this book it has been on my reading list. It was one of the first books that I added to my current reading list on Goodreads. Then I purchased my kindle and material reading …
A Favorite Childhood Poem
When I was a wee rosebud a teacher introduced me to Shel Silverstein and his marvelously lyrical and whimsical poems. The poem Where the Sidewalks Ends has always captivated me. The first community that I remember living in was Burke Centre, outside Washington, D.C., an ambiguous region known as NOVA. The sidewalks went on for miles and …
My Happy Puppy Tail Ending
This post was going to wait a month so that I could be sure that Luke was going to be staying with me. A week into our relationship I can't imagine life without him. He is my puppy-dog and I am his person. How Luke Came To Live in My Little Yellow House The day …
This Week’s Review…
This week's review has been postponed because my mind and heart were captured by A review will be posted as soon as I have been released...
Wool Over Our Eyes!!
The United States of America is in a crisis, not the financial one facing the economy; it is a crisis of conscious. A crisis that I believe has been created by the media and the politicians to distract us from their lack of leadership. I also believe that it occurs on both sides of the …
Shoes
Piles of soles some with laces other just slipped off pushed off to the side cast away waiting for their vessels who shuffled away long ago Piles of souls left wondering why
“I can’t deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!”
Those are words of Sally Fields when she won the Oscar in 1984. Honest.. The full quote is "I haven't had an orthodox career, and I've wanted more than anything to have your respect. The first time I didn't feel it, but this time I feel it, and I can't deny the fact that you …
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The Tree of Liberty
Thomas Jefferson, the third president of United States of America, is quoted as saying that "The Tree of Liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." Independence day marks the anniversary of our country beginning its fight for independence. The tree has been water time and time again …
Downtime? What’s that?
I am on day three of my mini-staycation. I am off until next Saturday, a truly rare miracle. It is time I need to rest, read, write and repeat. Well, mostly rest. I need a break. A break from the rush of working multiple jobs, writing and trying to stay sane all at the same …
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