Family Reunion
The sunflowers wave
as I step outside to cut parsley
for the small red potatoes I've
steamed for
The Path
A few years ago I began creating a "Book of Love," a psalter of the heart. I was
Last Supper
Yesterday, in my monthly Soul Writer's Circle, we were asked to write a poem about embodiment. One prompt
Instructions for Depression
Images of elephants - trunk tied to trunk - have touched me ever since my mentor used this image to
What we see
I just returned from a visit to my large, loud, loving Italian-Polish family in the Cleveland suburbs. As we often
Breakfast sandwich
Breakfast Sandwich
There is a moment
when I walk out into the early morning light
in my pajamas and robe
Overflowing
Isn't it something, what flows from our bodies, our hearts, our minds?
Sometimes I don't even
The gifts of 'the end of the day'
A friend once gave me an 'end of the day' clay bead - a bead made of the
Good Bones
"It is not beauty that endures, it is love that makes us see beauty." - Leo Tolstoy
In
Turning off the lights in my son's room
When one of my children began to potty train, they were terribly frightened of the noise and size of public