Monthly Archives: June 2022

Not retreating from the audience. People introduce themselves to you as you write. My best poem. We drive through our lives and we think, “What, when?”

The History Of Poems. When was that perfect music for you? Rhetorical poetry. It speaks to you like songs do that you sing.

Church Today

To turn your head and face the subject in a poem. This line is reflective, and it is not looking at the words, “She remained this way.” I was and whatever reflective thought. She looks up from her desk.

Equality in poetry. A box of words is equal all the way through. A reference: I had eight birds hatched in one nest.

I wasn’t expecting love letters. I was, “My love.” The small town of my youth. The church coffee and donut hour is a puzzle that surpasses all time itself. This is why they invite me to speak thoughtfully and passionately … Continue reading →

In church today, the hair matters. Bev Sills and the comedy hour cease to exist, when Mommy refused to give me the bonnet, and bonked me on the head with the whirly bird. They heard something from the choir loft … Continue reading →

The connection between poetry and daily life.