by lori | Aug 17, 2014 | Love, Poetry, Writing
for Alice Walker Do you know that poets in our hardest moments in quiet attic battlefields sit with you to weep with joy? Do you know that humans at our most afraid carrying hearts so tender act because your actions give us faith in ourselves? Do you know as yet... by lori | Aug 11, 2014 | Caregiving, Here and now, Love, Poetry
A promise to my family… *********** Today, I will listen, not judge. Today, I will not trade in a deep ocean of love and respect for the red-hot coal of contempt. Today, I will forgive those who appear to judge me and those who appear to choose narrow... by lori | Jun 3, 2014 | Caregiving, Feelings, Here and now, Love, Poetry
You call from the Emergency room at 5:26 a.m. assure me that everything is fine you just woke up out of breath at 4 a.m. heart palpitating in pain. Being just 6 blocks from the hospital you drove yourself there just to be safe but everything is fine. Everything is not... by lori | May 15, 2014 | Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women
Ferns line the path between as tall as me old buildings seem to swoon in the heat a northern seaside town turned tropical in uncharacteristically warm May. Running late to the movies where women friends wait pop into The Star Store grab sour cherry licorice and... by lori | Feb 11, 2014 | Love, Poetry, Silly
I remember three tiers of kids: the teens, not us, the big kids, us, the little kids, younger sisters, brothers. the older, as groups, always trying to ditch the younger, but as individuals always up to playing with anyone at all willow tree forts where grownups can’t... by lori | Jan 28, 2014 | Love, Poetry, Silly
this time love came softly in sitting with my broken heart last time she showed up with tea when I was reading she arrives beside fear to demand safe space to fully feel it and I’ve noticed you and I, friend, summon her while playing sharing a game, a...