Tag Archives: poetry

“I love your earrings,” I say to the clerk at Market Basket – insert Safeway, Wegmans, Winn-Dixie, Shop and Save, Trader Joes – She smiles and we have a very, very small conversation. It is not as invasive as “are … Continue reading →

Katherine Burgess — a prayer that is so often forgotten Lord, this day I thank you For all those people Who signed their organ donor cards Who made it possible for others To have a better quality of life To … Continue reading →

The purple spikes of blazing star liatris have drawn monarch butterflies into the corner garden of yellow and orange daylilies — horns as wildly various in shape as a jazz band — and mums of burgundy and rust tricked to … Continue reading →

May you drink the cup of hope, feel your pulse … not to speak of God’s beat hear the words that will be silent until you stand up to speak them yourself. May all your women tell you to write … Continue reading →

Glad to share another one of Todd Jenkins beautiful poems. I find the words uniquely interesting having recently come through surgery and certainly remembering well coming through grief and how I can feel a tangible difference between one person and … Continue reading →