Do you want to see all the beads and buttons I’ve found? Yes, I do want to see them.Crystal, glass, pony, seed,fake pearl, plastic gold—maybe they were part of broken […]
Left in the Rain
Left in the Rain One sodden sockand anotherdotting the yardlike strange flowers.Treasure Islandswollen up,laid butterfly to dry.In a plastic bowl,bloated Goldfishcrackers swim.A polka-dot rain jacket,discarded, shieldsa patch of grass.Chalk portraits, […]
A Poem for National Foster Care Day
When we were training for foster care, we were asked to list our five most sustaining relationships, comforts, or interests. Then the trainer called out numbers, and we had to […]
Bare Branches in Spring
Cragged boughs reach skyward, arms stretched,Straining for the light,for that blistering blue,For the mirror-bright facet of a jewel. Fingers splay wide but the wind buffets joints,Bending them to the breaking […]
A Liturgy for Parents in the Springtime Busyness
O God of new beginnings, whose hand brings both the dripping rain and the warming afternoon sun, by which You call forth new life: bluebirds nesting, peonies sprouting, daffodils blooming; […]
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