Tag Archives: poetry

One Meander   Rocky wants to know whether hummingbirds long for tabla music. At a restaurant in Santa Rosa, I met a busboy who played a sort of blues on his sitar, a sort of masala of birdsong or fingersong. … Continue reading →

On my morning walks, the playgrounds are like ghost towns on an old TV set. Absent are the voices  that rise in crescendos. Gone are the sweet giggles and the sibling challenges. To uplift my spirits, I imagine them in … Continue reading →

The springtime greening of the woods, the stippling of light green leaves,means the masking of native dogwoods, the camouflaging of squirrelsracing over tree roots, teetering on logs crossing Rattlesnake Creek, the thickening of the veil obscuring our view of trains … Continue reading →

Wednesday, March 11 At a staff/resident meeting to plan activities, we learned: No piano concert by outsider Don Irwin. Ouch! No pottery class with outside teacher. Ouch! No chair yoga class with outside leader. Ouch! No out-of-town guests.   Thursday, … Continue reading →

Days of quarantine upon us, I find myself wearing different shoes. Nothing matches, not the fear-filled air with pear blossoms in bloom, nor sun’s heat paired with coolness of early spring, nor my footwear. Cooped up but in the yard, … Continue reading →

Lantana roots, too long for the green planter on our back porch can’t stretch deeply, so they double back on themselves, the flowers losing vibrancy each day in this quarantine May.   When my husband tries to save the plant … Continue reading →