Tag: poetry

  • These Golden Seams

    These Golden Seams

    note: adapted from my speech “A Case Study in Bouncing Back” Like a cracked ceramic repaired with gold,the places where you are broken become the places where you are strongest and most beautiful. These golden seams shine bright,with your belief in a better future. These golden seams shine bright,showing the hard work you put into…

  • Invulnerable – a Haiku

    Invulnerable – a Haiku

    Invulnerable not a gift, but a disease of a broken soul

  • Sweet Firefly

    Sweet Firefly

    Sweet firefly you captivate me. . . with your butt another entry in our ongoing. . .

  • Suffering Laurel

    Suffering Laurel

    “Get away from me”, she screamed. / “That’s fine, whatever you need.” / “Daddy, please sit with me”. / “I’m here, okay”. / “Get Away!” || My three-year-old daughter, Laurel, suffered through waves of severe gastrointestinal pain, a side-effect of

  • Winter, Love Renewed

    Winter, Love Renewed

    White Hot Lust, Fresh clean sheets of snow jamais vu This haiku is one of many entries. . .

  • Whiteboard Acrostic

    Whiteboard Acrostic

    In time she’ll see the light Language which can’t be hidden Oh, she’ll find such delight Viewing what’s been written Every line, a part of the truth Kathryn, look closely and see A special message just for you