A Day Late Sunday Quote

"Of course it's true, but it may not have happened."

- Patricia Polacco's grandmother

Sunday Quote

We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie. 

- David Mamet, Boston Marriage

Sunday Quote

So speak encouraging words to one another.  Build up hope so you'll all be together in this, no one left behind.

- I Thessalonians 5:11

The Poet's Creed

Follow your inner moonlight; don't hide the madness.

- Alan Ginsberg

Three new poems

Three poems, the folding chair in the middle of the road, Equinoxious, and Yarn Struck, out in the deliriously quirky, literary journal, Danse Macabre. 

http://www.dansemacabreonline.com/#!trois-par-trois-plus-lagniappe/c9lk

thoughts for a brother-in-law

Hold on to what is good
even if it is a handful of earth.

Hold on to what you believe
even when it is a tree
that stands by itself.

Hold on to what you must do
even when it is a long way from here.

Hold on to life
even when it is easier letting go.

Hold on to my hand
even when I have gone away from you.

- Pueblo

Rest in Peace, Lyle.
A good man, a great husband and loving and kind father and grandfather. 

Not Sunday Post

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some with you.

- Joseph Joubert

Glorious Spring!

You've come at last! 

Sunday Quote

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

- E.L. Doctorow 

My Walden

A foggy evening following a chilly day of rain.

Thoreau had his Walden, I have what are called the twin lakes by my city's high school.

I've walked round it with a new babe, with children, husband, pals, but mostly alone, countless times. 

Said goodbye to scarred trees marked with a slash of orange by the city for tear down, celebrated new green life, 

marveled at the ice capturing the water in winter.  Inspiration for a dozen poems, a testament to finding beauty in our daily lives.

And a heartfelt thank you to Parks and Recreation who laid down the fresh mulch on the walking trails

And cares for the beautiful greenery.

Sunday Quote

"...I'd guess that you have some purpose to fulfill and that is why you were saved.  But don't get a swelled head over it.  A cabbage has a purpose when someone needs to make soup."

 - the Bard to Jack, The Islands of the Blessed by Nancy Farmer.

Be here now

Budding magnolia through my rain tapped car's roof window.

Across the pond

Not the global pond but the one here  by the high school, the little library a bright glow across the water.

Sunday quote a tad late

If an artist doesn't separate himself or herself from the mainstream no work will get done.

- Maxine Kumin

I could live inside a greenhouse

Love these frogs!

I could move into a greenhouse and bloom all winter

Dig those pouty lips, this green man image has more sulky than mythic mischief!

In love with this sliding barn style door

Ah, the restorative power of green

Gilbertie's Herb Farm in Westport, Ct is always a pleasure to visit but never more than early Spring when winter 's cold is hanging on and I feel the need for some serious green.

First steps

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.

       -  Lao Tzu

Perfect Quote

"Spring was moving in the air above and in the earth below and around him, penetrating even his dark and lowly little house with its spirit of divine discontent and longing."

   - thoughts of the Mole from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame

Sunday Quote

Go beyond what's comfortable.

- Stanley Tucci's college acting coach

March still a lion

The Night Ghost chapbook

My chapbook will be out in early summer (it is about to snow yet again making the words "early summer" so beautiful) with Finishing Line Press.  I am thrilled to say the least - and this postcard just arrived announcing that it is available for advance orders. 

The cover photo works well with the title, yes? While it may have a mysterious air about it, it was taken a year or so ago out the window of my little library on a winter day about as gray as this one.

You can order now (very supportive of me and thank you if you do!) at the Finishing Line Press site at: www.finishinglinepress.com

Just click on "preorder forthcoming titles" or "bookstore" and look for the title or under my name.