This year was my inaugural word of the year. To say that I have found what I was looking for is with choosing it is not the case. The word for 2019 was focus. I was supposed to focus on… Continue Reading →
Don’t forget you have a quiet strength deep inside you. Capture it. Live it. Fight. Don’t forget you have to be courageous: Speak up don’t stay silent Be brave Fight. Sorry I haven’t posted much poetry lately. I think it… Continue Reading →
I know the sag of the unfinished poem. And I know the release of the poem that is finished. ~Mary Oliver
Do you ever feel this?
I believe I do sometimes.
Mary Oliver on the process of writing poetry.
Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. ~Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver on poetry
Poetry isn't a profession, it's a way of life. It's an empty basket; you put your life into it and make something out of that. ~Mary Oliver
Mary Oliver on poetry as a way of life
there are hundreds of ways solitude speaks to me and to you. some are as simple as searching the skies and finding that peace alone while other times silence answers your questions, where you find it chasing away your constant… Continue Reading →
Hi again! As I complete my last semester of paralegal studies, I find I have spent less time maintaining this blog – something I hope to work on in the the coming months. To those of you who continue to… Continue Reading →
“if you look the right way, the whole world is a garden.” Mary Lennox in The Secret Garden (1993) Before Dame Maggie Smith won our hearts as Professor MacGongall in the Harry Potter series, she acted in numerous films based… Continue Reading →
“Tis the season to be jolly and bright.” That’s how the song goes, I think. Anyway, the holidays are fast approaching with Thanksgiving right around the corner. The air has turned crisp and the leaves are fast becoming chameleons they… Continue Reading →
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