Winter Interlude
Winter donnedher finest lacetoday, shimmered beneathpeacock blues Despite a sullenarousal, the dullthud of worryhovering appreciationlightened the mood (For Eugi’s Weekly Challenge: Winter. Photo my own.)
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Dialoguing With Other
I offer Rage a chairinvite a conversation She rants about childhoodand neglect, powerlessnessin the face of abuse And I nod and remember,suggest she’s also feeling grief And she talks about cryingalone, no one caring, and howI don’t let her cry anymore I put up walls, I agree,and ask how I can help Stop leaving me […]
Read MoreGlimmer
Midwinter light breaks monotony of grey – tree dances in glimmer. (For Eugi’s Causerie weekly prompt: glimmer. Image from personal collection.)
Read MoreGrandma To The Rescue
September is chilly mornings and classroom routines, cardigans dragged home, and the onset of colds. Grandma packs her bag with activities to distract, a soup to boost bodies and an apple crisp fresh from the oven. Some days the best education comes snuggled under warm blankets with inter-generational love. (For Ragtag Communty’s daily prompt: crisp. […]
Read MoreTristful
Touching Resentment Imbibing Sadness Tumbling Feelings Underlying Loss (In response to Ragtag Community’s prompt for today: tristful.)
Read MoreLove-In
Dreams big this budding leader, astral charts painted on her walls, thoughts always adventuring. Eight summers we’ve camped together grown our minds and spirit – an inter-generational love-in. (It’s summer camp time at Grandma’s again. Written for Ragtag Community’s prompt, astral, and Fandango’s, camp.)
Read MoreModern Remedy
Live-streamed chaos warps social norms – mindfulness, art of Zen – balance. (For RonovanWrites Weekly Haiku Challenge: zen/ chaos.)
Read MoreToddler Takes Over
Look at me – all authority and control – productivity overload until emotion, undisciplined, toddles in, waves her curls disrupts feed her sugar – a bribe to settle her down – she’s having no part of it topples organization, sabotages rationality – child’s mind taking over.
Read MoreMagic Sunshine
Sunshine, you magician, adding sparkle to my view, painting the cloudless sky a dazzling shade of blue – favoured by your golden rays we all take on a glowing hue. (Tuesday, I will borrow a poem from Twitter. Visit me @Vjknutson)
Read MoreHerding Cats
One a Tom – night prowler, elusive schemer – renders me sleepless. Another, pampered, a diva demanding, high anxiety to boot – makes me crazy. Third, a trickster, stays out of sight and then springs – keeps me on my toes. This raising children, like herding cats – next to impossible, and I’m allergic. (A […]
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