A fellow poet and blogger posted a poem the other day that mentioned a shiny new button, and while commenting on it, I thought about my grandma’s jar of buttons. Sherry still has her grandmother’s beautiful button box, so I included a picture that shows it, as well as Sherry’s button jar. Anyway, the memory inspired the following poem. Enjoy! Reposting this one for dVerse Poets Pub’s “Poetics – Button, Button”. Read the rest of this entry »
Archive for June, 2012
I’m John
Kelly Elmore gave us an interesting prompt for her Free Write Friday feature this week. It was simply a word; Empathy. As sometimes happens, I struggled with what I could write, and had just about given up, but then… well… I had an opportunity to empathize. I found out that sometimes we can empathize with someone simply by letting them be a part of our life; even if for just a little while. Read the rest of this entry »
Shake It Off! ~ June 30
Shake It Off!
Dust yourself off and get back in there! Read the rest of this entry »
I’m Just An Ordinary Guy ~ June 29
I’m Just An Ordinary Guy
Hey! Everything’s relative! Read the rest of this entry »
I’m Gonna Be on the Ten O’clock News! ~ June 28
I’m Gonna Be on the Ten O’clock News!
I Never Went to War ~ June 27
I Never Went to War.
I can’t even imagine how it must feel. Read the rest of this entry »
Where No One Lives
Last Thursday, on dVerse Poets Pubs, “Meeting The Bar” , Victoria asked us to write something about “where” we are. I saw a poem someone else submitted, that made me think of this one, and I wished I’d used it. I think a lot of folks like the one I wrote Thursday, What Was I Thinking, however, so I made plans to use this one today, on dVerse Poet Pub’s Open Link Night #50. I hope you enjoy it! Read the rest of this entry »
Just Do the Best You Can! ~ June 26
Just Do the Best You Can!
That’s all anyone can do! Read the rest of this entry »
My Wife Makes Me Feel Guilty! ~ June 25
My Wife Makes Me Feel Guilty!
Actually, you have to choose to feel guilty. Read the rest of this entry »
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