I have had 11 poems published this year! I will share some of them here. I’m very excited. Also, I will be participating in a poetry reading on May 6, 2023. I participated at the same venue two months ago. I had a great time!
My Town
Children riding
Bikes through
Town
While their parents
Have no
Worries.
The civic band plays
On summer
Weekends
While citizens gather
To listen and
Visit.
Barbeques bring
People together
To eat
While the sun
Beats down til
It sets.
Update
I apologize for being MIA for so long! I went through a dry spell, but now I am at work on my second poetry chapbook.
It will be entitled “From My Window.”
I hope to self publish around May 30.
It is so good to be writing again! I am also participating in a flash fiction challenge. Perhaps I will share some of that here!
Item Three…and big news!
The third item on my bucket list was to self-publish a book. Currently I have self-published TWO books!!! One is a book of poetry inspired by various members of my family. It is entitled Lyrical Legacy. The second is a book for middle grade students (5th-8th grade). It is a collection of short stories showing the transition from childhood to adolescence and is entitled Gossamer Bridges. In addition, I am working on a book called Flashes in the Night. It is a collection of flash fiction.
A Quote to Start
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there. ~Lewis Carroll
Sofia’s Dream
Sofia stood in the local Goodwill looking at a scuffed pair of Mary Janes. She dreamed of the day she would wear nice heels and a wedding dress. In her daydream she wed Vincent.
Vincent flipped burgers while she waited tables. They were just friends. Not even friends, just acquaintances. They traded small-talk whenever they happened to get a lunch break at the same time.
She had missed the way his eyes lingered as she flitted about the diner,seating patrons or taking food to one of her many tables. She worked harder than the other wait staff, but she made it look easy.
She took more tables because it made more in tips which she saved diligently. She would have that dream wedding someday. Perhaps not with Vince, but with someone she hoped.
One day, at break, Vince asked, “Would… would you like to go to dinner sometime?”
Pretending to misunderstand, Sofia said,”I never eat dinner here. I eat lunch here. That’s enough. But,i do eat… dinner…”
“No, I mean somewhere else… with me. You know, like a …date.”
“I-I- I would like that very much. L-l-like where”
“Guido’s?”
“That would be nice. I-I mean, I’ve never eaten there.”
“Tonight? At six?” Vincent asked.
That would give her little time to get dressed and meet him at Guido’s. It would give her three hours, but that wasn’t enough time to get ready for this date!
“Tomorrow at six?” Sofia countered.
“It’s a date!”
The break was over, and Sofia, distracted, went back to her tables.
The rest of the day, Sofia dreamt of the date and mentally sorted through her closet to find something to wear. She became panicked when she realized she had nothing to wear to a nice place like Guido’s.
The evening found her back at the Goodwill, searching for something to wear. Everything was too casual or a discarded prom dress. She found herself panicked again.
“Did you find everything?” asked the cashier.
After explaining her dilemma, the cashier mentioned a place called Office to Evening in the next town. They specialized in the resale of clothing.
After searching the racks there, Sofia was sure she had found the perfect dress and was glad she had asked for the extra day.
Walking toward Guido’s, Sofia saw Vincent, wearing a secondhand but appropriate suit with darkness beginning to stain the underarms. Vincent saw Sofia and was taken aback. She looked stunning.
After that date, there were many more.
Finally, they saved enough for Sofia’s dream wedding.
Old Faithful
More faithful
than Old Faithful.
More true
than the true-blue.
More loyal
than Lassie.
My grandfather
constant and devoted
through the trials
of my younger years.
Gone too soon
to see me grown.
Old Faithful Prompt
I have two poetry writing prompts for today. One of them is to write a poem entitled “Old Faithful.” This poem can be about the geyser, Old Faithful. It can also be about your marriage, dog, car, someone in your life, etc.
It didn’t take long for me to determine that I would write about my PaPa Roy. I have written several poems about my grandfather, but that’s because he was such an influential person in my life as a child.
I have not crafted this poem because it will take careful consideration. I will publish it here when I finish.
My other prompt is to write a poem about my hometown.
A Poem for these Times
My Street in a Pandemic
Lonely and alone as
If the street has had
To isolate.
One blue Ford has
Passed in the
Last hour.
Where was he going?
There are so few
Destinations left.
Even the parks are
Closed. People are
Unable to stay apart.
I wonder if he
Knows the stores
Are in the other direction.
The stores where
Only one person is allowed
Per household
And the toilet
Paper is portioned
To two per person.
Item Two
The second item for my bucket list is to take a trip to Germany. I went as part of a group in high school, and I told my teacher that I would return someday to walk through the Brandenburg Gate. She scoffed at me at the time because the Wall was still up.
I want to go back and walk through the gate, but I would also like to share all the tales I’ve told my daughter over the years with her. It was one of the most special things I’ve ever done, and I would love to see how things have changed since the Wall came down.
The Reunification was very important to me, as well. I was in college when it happened, and I watched the news coverage nearly non-stop. I have loved Germany since my first day there andwould love to revisit it.
A Bucket List is Born
I may be having weightloss surgery. That excites me because it will open my life up to a lot of new possibilities. That is motivating me to redo my bucket list. When the MS kicked back up, I saw how many things I couldn’t do. I’ve decided that I will post one thing to my list at a time on here.
My first goal is to get to 150. I’m not waiting for surgery to get me there, either. I’m starting that part of my journey NOW.
Frew the Looking Glass 