Poetry

  • The Clock

    There’s a golden clock In a clear glass dome Above six figures in a circle On the fireplace mantle. . I remember Grandma when I was a young girl. She laughed and baked and gardened And sat in her chair and read. So the clock ticked a happy tune And the figures beneath it danced….

  • Wildfire

    I promised you a lot of poems, and so I must deliver :)  Here’s a new one!  Several years back, there were really bad brush fires where I lived.  For no apparent reason, I thought of them and had to write this poem. I am a sentinel at the second-floor window watching the amber tongues…

  • Loner’s Lamentation

    A brand new day dawns so bright! Semester’s start–my heart is light. Skip to stand in stark white hall With shoulders back and head held tall. Two-score waiting desks, give or take, For two-score friends I’ve yet to make. Pounds of knowledge to gain together With Tom, Allie, Carlos, Heather– Their names I’ll learn, wondering…

  • Clocks

    I have to be honest, for much of my life, I have struggled with feeling very alone.  You see, I’m that nerdy little girl who spent her days reading a book instead of going to the mall–and, being quite an introvert, I’ve struggled with making friends.  Even when I have amazing friends, still I sometimes…

  • Be Not Far: A Poem

    I don’t know what’s gotten into me; I’m normally not this poetically inspired, but here’s another poem for you all.  (And by the way, all writing on this blog, unless otherwise noted/cited, is mine.  My English teachers gave me a healthy fear of plagiarism, so I avoid it at all costs.) _________________________________________________________________ With salty trace,…