Steps to Inauguration Day
We step into the next phase With lights for those Whose steps are ended Our feet firmly on the steps Continue reading
We step into the next phase With lights for those Whose steps are ended Our feet firmly on the steps Continue reading
Three weeks into the calendar I woke to the New Year at last To a blanket of white Blinding and Continue reading
The weather report Tucked in this morning with the news Said maybe it would snow today Reminding us that after Continue reading
The snow was so fine You could barely see it falling Even standing in the middle of the yard Letting Continue reading
I didn’t write about this morning’s snow The unpredicted covering white startling My eyes too bright in early waking And Continue reading
I’m spending the morning Writing poetry And drinking too much coffee Trying not to eat the cake I should not Continue reading
It woke me in the dark Like a sighing lover Turning in his sleep To leave warm sheets Where his Continue reading
This is not a candle’s light Flicking in the pre-dawn dark No tiny glow to push back night Before the Continue reading