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Tag: Poetry
Green Angels: September, 2024 Featured Poem
September 28, 2024
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
I Can’t Get Back To Sleep Wondering… August, 2024 Featured Poem
August 30, 2024
For me, and I suspect many of you, July and August have been full of images and drama about the Presidential race. I can’t make it through a whole convention anymore. I want to get to bed on time. However… I Can’t Get Back To Sleep At Night Wondering… if Ivanka and Melania ever showed … More I Can’t Get Back To Sleep Wondering… August, 2024 Featured Poem
City Park Devotions: July, 2024 Featured Poem
July 30, 2024
Recovering from my first documented case of COVID-19, I have been spending even more time than usual gazing out my window at the park across the street. The vista of trees, sky, hawks, ravens, people, and dogs constantly changes. I hope you all stay as safe as you can in this new surge. City Park … More City Park Devotions: July, 2024 Featured Poem
Abracadabra: June, 2024 Featured Poem
June 18, 2024
I love palimpsests where old writings can be made to appear. Thrilled by a newly discovered painting by Rembrandt or a lost page from one of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks. Abracadabra – “AI helps decipher the text of a 2,000-year-old scroll burned at Pompeii.” – Scientific American, 2024 The first word to appear from the … More Abracadabra: June, 2024 Featured Poem
Cans of Baked Beans: March, 2024 Featured Poem
April 12, 2024
I have hope that sanity and good luck will continue to hold so we do not have to go back to preparations. … More Cans of Baked Beans: March, 2024 Featured Poem
Border Skirmishes: November, 2023 Featured Poem
November 25, 2023
Blue Light Press nominated this poem for a Pushcart Award. Editors submit works by six authors each year to Pushcart. I consider even being a Pushcart-nominee an honor! “Border Skirmishes” is the poem that my Editor submitted. As the fragrant lemon blossoms turn into fruit and begin to ripen this winter, we begin the skirmishes … More Border Skirmishes: November, 2023 Featured Poem
My Heart is a Radish Today, ft. Dog : August, 2023 Featured Poem
August 27, 2023
I love most of my poems, for at least a while. Sometimes I have poems that are favorites just because they keep making me smile. This is one of those. Featuring the unusual dog delights me. Rarely do I have attached photos but this photo just goes with it. I hope this also brings you … More My Heart is a Radish Today, ft. Dog : August, 2023 Featured Poem
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July 1, 2023
I Am a Country Girl, But: June, 2023 Featured Poem There has been so much negative press recently about San Francisco. I can not help but think it is written with a touch of gloating. Even my mother, who lived in New England and thought snow and ice was good for her, would say it … More Poetry Reading In-Person. Love to see you!
Turning Seventy — December, 2022 Featured Poem
December 26, 2022
I hope you are having happy holidays. This is a special time time with family and friends, past and present. My birthday was a big one this year! Of course, a poem. I wish for you and yours a marvelous New Year and for the world, a year of peace and justice. Thank you for … More Turning Seventy — December, 2022 Featured Poem
Heather Saunders Estes 