I continue to be amused and amazed by the fog here in the Sunset District of San Francisco. It is so unlike anything I grew up with in New England forests and farms far from the ocean. It now summer and prime fog time. We watch tourists lulled by brief Thhours of sun suddenly shivering … More Mist and Silver: June, 2025 Featured Poem
For some of us, May can be a cruel month, but flowers, blue skies, and memories bring pleasure and gratitude. For Two Young Brothersand My Two Old Brothers The red-brown trillium is blossoming.It is May, the death month for mothers,at least yours and ours. Maybe lily-of-the-valley and cardinalsreassured them we will be safe.And helped carry … More For Two Brothers and My Two Old Brothers: May, 2025 Featured Poem
This is an old poem of mine, 2022, from before my recent book was published. A couple teachers/editors have seemed to consider it too sentimental or were concerned by the unabashed anthropomorphism which is frequently thought to be tacky or at least uncool. Yet, I love it and this is my blog and I get … More A Gladness: April, 2025 Featured Poem
I Have An Anonymous Admirer Three book-mailing envelopes in a canvas baglay on the floor of my parked car.I was watching post-storm breakersthree miles away. The thief slipped a knife under edgingof the tiny, fixed window in my Toyota.Didn’t break it, only pried away the molding,easily slipping an arm in to open the door. Near … More I Have An Anonymous Admirer: March, 2025 Featured Poem
We are about to have another atmosphere river, maybe the last of the season. Join me in loving our moments of sun! Dazzled In The Coffee Shop January sun forces itself past rain cloudsand into the coffee house windowat just the right angle to light up my face.Red and yellow rays fill my closed eyes.Caress … More Dazzled In The Coffee Shop: February, 2025 Belated Featured Poem
I was at the eye doctor this morning to check my prescription and replace driving glasses I lost. It reminded me that seeing clearly is such a gift. I wish that for you, my friends, both in our lives and to be able to peer through the smoke and obfuscation of politics. We must keep … More Practice – January, 2025: Featured Poem
Happy New Year my friends! My husband and I spend time planning our objectives and goals for the new year during this time It is kind of like a date! We have been doing it for decades. We have seen plans and policies, personal and political, come and go. So I am in the mood … More A New Year – 2023: December, 2024 Featured Poem
Happy Holidays! I am thankful for much today, including that the two young women in my household are recovering fast from COVID. I have been thinking about the bonds between women and children. I hope you enjoy this sketch from my recent visit to the exhibition. For those of you in the Bay Area, see … More Dry-Point –November, 2024 Featured Poem
Dear Friends, I am posting this in the nature of a prayer. It is from my book All in Measure: A Book of Hours 2020-2022. This is a link to Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb, If Only We Dare It.” Better yet, watch her read it again for hope! Inauguration – January, 20, … More Inauguration – January, 20, 2021: October 30, 2024 Featured Poem
They come more often in autumn. No doubt they are inspired by nearby apple and pear trees heavy with fruit. However, like the fog, we never know when they will come and go. I read that some kinds of urban parrots have populations larger than the remaining, dwindling numbers of birds in their ancestral jungle … More Green Angels: September, 2024 Featured Poem
Heather Saunders Estes 