It was the unusual sounds that caught my attention and sent me to the window, then outside to look. It was rather like the way the unmistakable noise of a chainsaw calls me to watch. There is inevitability to this destruction, making way for something new, maybe better. I Would Have Used Those Cedar Boards … More I Would Have Used Those Cedar Boards: Featured Poem, July, 2026
Perhaps this describes one of the few downsides of being a poet. Thanks for reading!- Heather I Am The Leprechaun! No, No. that’s not the song lyric. ( eye roll)It is – I Am The Light Bringer!What were you thinking? (sigh)Well, that was what I was thinking.Maybe like poetry,the singer is trying to evoke both?After … More “I Am The Leprechaun!” Featured Poem, April, 2026
There are rare occasions when time seems to stand still. Poetry nurtures my memory. My newest book CROSSWINDS should be out before the end of the year. This poem will be in it. My best to you this Spring season. I know it is colder is other parts of the United States and Canada, but … More Love Poem to My Daughter: Featured Poem, March, 2026
I fall in love with most of my poems right after I write the first draft. In a day or two I can start editing. Some of them make me smile every time I reread them. This is one. I am happy to share this moment with you. Saturday Morning At Blue Bottle Out with … More Saturday Morning At Blue Bottle: Featured Poem, February, 2026
Stars are totally beyond our control. What I do or do not do with stars I don’t have to feel responsible or guilty. Politics, climate, 42 million people not getting SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), wars, my latest aches and pains – just not of interest to stars. The accompanying photo of mine is not … More Stars In Our Eyes: October, 2025 Featured Poem
It is almost October and I start looking for our annual bats. This is a little early for Halloween but I thought you might enjoy this poem. In other news, I am working on my fourth poetry book! Hope to have it out in 2026. The working title is Cadence, or possibly Crosswinds or Lexicon … More Dreams of Bats: September, 2025 Featured Poem
These amazed me when we first moved out to the west. I find them beautiful and a bit humorous. Almost gone from my neighbor’s yard as the weather becomes Autumn in earnest, but August is their moment and all eyes are on them. Naked Ladies A burlesque of pink lilies, stand erect,stems leaf-less, unashamed, rebellious,like … More Naked Ladies: August, 2025 Featured Poem
I just came back from a Back East vacation and I found a cicada shell! Yes some poems were written. This one is from last month. In case you didn’t know, I didn’t till I rejoined, the YMCA is officially rebranded “The Y” as of 2010. They started in 1844 as the Young Men’s Christian … More In My Seventies I Start Pumping Iron At the Y: July, 2025 Featured Poem
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
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
Heather Saunders Estes 