To my beloved children, on November 9, 2016 Voting’s come and gone, and here we are today I feel like I must reach out, and give my bit of say At first I was all fearful, not sure of what this means for those of us who voted ‘gainst […]
poetry
by Jewel Allen Bird ballet on snow for a private matinee on the plush front row Follow
Haiku: Bird ballet on snow
Pink Think: “Success is steady progress toward one’s personal goals.” – Jim Rohn “Arabian Princess” – my art work in progress In art class my Arabian Princessgot highlights in her hairIn 4-H practice I backedthe trailer fairly straightIn my new novel I got from zeroto seven thousand words It’s like […]
Progress
Pink Think: “Anxiety is part of creativity, the need to get something out, the need to be rid of something or to get in touch with something within.” – David Duchovny photo by Royce Bair This is how I’ve beensince I let my new story goout in the worldto find […]
Restless
Pink Think: “A world without tomatoes is like a string quartet without violins.” – Laurie Colwin, Home Cooking Me, as a tomato Last night while dressed as a tomato (I love being able to write that!), I got to read my poem called, ahem, The Midnight Stock Boy and the […]
Haunted Tomato
Pink Think: “Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.” – Roger Miller* photo by dyrk.wyst on flickr This endless rain beats a tattoo,a memory of a tropical placewhere I grew my writer’s wings. I was twelve when we movedto a government housing projectthat was more concrete than […]
Rain
Pink Think: “Our moments of inspiration are not lost though we have no particular poem to show for them; for those experiences have left an indelible impression, and we are ever and anon reminded of them.” – Henry David Thoreau photo by sininggingi on flickr There’s a story spilling outfrom […]
Like Dew Drops
Pink Think: “The very greatest things – great thoughts, discoveries, inventions – have usually been nurtured in hardship, often pondered over in sorrow, and at length established with difficulty.” – Samuel Smiles photo from albones.com I crave a rewritenot of a novel nor articlebut the ending of a day. Took […]