Category: poetry

Above the Fray

I like to keep my posts on the lighter side, but lately the news is a steady diet of death and destruction, and I’m stuffed. Sometimes I envy the birds flying free above it all.

it seems like almost every day,

there’s more bad news that comes our way;

it makes me want to spread my wings

and fly above the fray

–photo by me

home (archives)

we had crashed

on an alien world,

our ship was

beyond all repair,

and though we had

prayed for our rescue,

we knew we weren’t

going anywhere.

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long after we’d

made this our home,

a scouting ship

spotted our lair,

and though we had

prayed for our rescue,

we knew we weren’t

going anywhere.

–photo/art by me

Winter Arrives 10/28/23

I got up this morning and found that winter had officially arrived overnight. It’s really a complete paradigm shift; every little aspect of life here near the Canadian border changes, from the clothes we wear to the places we go to the things we do. Now, where’s that shovel?

It’s peculiar the way we ourselves also change with the seasons; myself, I’m a bit more laid-back in the summer, but winter brings out a more responsible me.

when my world

turns wintery,

i turn into

winter me

–photo by me