by Laurie | Jun 7, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
Feeling sad was always bad So I pushed Past it Around it Ground it Down into a dust Slow-filtering out as much as I could trust through clutched-tight, tiny heart-cracks meeting up with tears swallowed into my chest it created…quite a muddy mess...
by Laurie | Jun 6, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
It makes sense to cry a lot. What didn’t make any sense was to be numb in my little bed, to shove away the fear, grief, unmet needs, then arrive outside my bedroom door, at the classroom door, at the neighbor’s door with a big smile on my...
by Laurie | Feb 20, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
“Oh Hello…what have you brought there?” I hold the plate of kid-baked, decorated, ginger-bread cookies in front of her. Eyes are shinny with expectation as she sits up Gray hair, unusually clean, a little thinner, But the same pale blue, opaque...
by Laurie | Feb 15, 2023 | Poetry, Serious
I can hike and ski and walk and write and dig and lift and pull and plant and climb and fall and jump and roll But I be will be sore, after I have smooth skin, soft skin, long legs, tapering ankles, healthy curly hair, bright eyes, strong feet But parts of me are...
by Laurie | Jul 8, 2022 | Poetry, Serious
Just hang a left and pavement turns to mud and keeps them out All except the most hardy The most in need of peace I pass the chained-off track to the pond and I’m almost home I’m almost to my first and only all-mine place to be The timbers soar towards the chilly sky...
by Laurie | Jul 8, 2022 | Poetry, Serious
There was no ice where I was born Then the giant’s took me to the cold. They busied: Prepared for games, and conquering. Child-me stared up at the sun…golden Then down where it turned silver in the ice covered boulders Wrapped, dripped around… Ice grew out over...
