Each blade of grass whispers to the other. The name was ether borne. G held it. ‘Iolanthe’ he said one morning and I cocked my head. I didn’t know this word. She was waiting in the studio naked. Spell it. I-O-L-A-N-T-H-E Why did you say this. G, ‘Gilbert & Sullivan, the music’. It’s her name. […]
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Another
She sits waiting. This is the mesmerizing part. She did not exist. Now she watches and waits. I can turn off the lights, walk through the garden, pass by the bird feeders, call the dog and walk up the stairs. I can eat dinner, watch a movie, drink wine and go to bed. Next morning […]
Any Old Day
I woke, had coffee, then sat on the deck, planned my short day. I thought of winter. It is very hot. I thought of being inside with a short hike through the snow, spring being too wet and winter too cold and summer too hot and it’s still spring so nothing matters about […]
Sunday
A little rain. A mug of good coffee. Green view of morning. G across from me, the two fluffy cats and the small dog. Then horrible news I can do nothing with. A van has driven into people, rampage killing. I hear this. I look out into the woods. The rain will stop […]
Too Green
I’m in the small house on the river. I come here to sleep, watch the grass grow and chirp to the Phoebes. The rain is filling up the river and the green out the window is blinding. I came all fired up with an armload of books and fabric. Now my mind stands waiting for […]
Holy
I am ten in a white dress, confirmed in the Anglican church. I hold a white leather bible my mother has given me. It has a zipper like a tiny suitcase. I unzip it and see gold. The gold is cool, slippery and keeps the pages from opening. I split the gold with my thumb […]
Blanche
Life is an illusion, particles moving so fast I can feel her bones and fur. Seventeen years she has purred for us, walked to the river, touch, touch, touch, G’s arm while he sits beside her. I’m here she says. A spiral down. Old cat all of a sudden. I give her my chair and […]
Hettie Hettie Hettie
You must not leave the story of yourself, this tiny book I love to open. I walk in your garden, sneak out the gate and smell the milky cows. I see your lovely cat on the garden fence, or where you work on a pile of material , snuggling in yarn, rubbing against your sewing […]
In ‘Tent’ ional
Ella Wheeler Wilcox wrote, ‘You never can tell what a thought will do In bringing you hate or love- For thoughts are things, and their airy wings Are swifter than carried doves. They follow the law of the universe- Each thing creates its kind, And they speed O’er the track to bring you back Whatever […]
Bird
It was all green then snow fell confusing the birds. I put my boots on, go out in pajamas to fill the feeders. I stand at the window and watch birds fill the air, drop, spiral, land, lift off, flutter mid flight. Squirrels come; all of them eating. Not enough so I pull on […]
Is a Woman 