by lori | Aug 8, 2015 | Content, Flash, Here and now, Nature, Neighbors, Poetry, Work
a flash poem inspired by my new We Shall Dance with Mountains friends… Letting It Be soft paused cat nose to velvet bumblebee nose children down on the beach yelling to one another in self-created language: “Unda buda!” shout lungs... by lori | Apr 5, 2015 | Here and now, Nature, Nursery rhyme, Poetry
Celebrating National Poetry month by writing a poem a day in April. Today, a springtime nursery rhyme showed up… Almost Imperceptibly Earth opens when we welcome shifts when we dance riffs when we improv crinkles when we laugh slows when we listen aches... by lori | Apr 4, 2015 | Content, Nature, Poetry
April is National poetry month in the U.S. I’m writing a poem a day to celebrate this year. Happy April! Content to Be Everything lit from above warming green leaves with dusted-red edges unfurl new learning of selves connected I am leaf branch tree... by lori | Jan 11, 2015 | Here and now, Nature, Pirates, Poetry
Like every poem I blog, this is a draft poem in progress. But this one I’m pretty certain will make it into the next book. It came almost entirely on it’s own. I was trying to write something else, at a terrific workshop with WA-state poet laureate,... by lori | Sep 27, 2014 | Here and now, Nature, Poetry
be extra kind to yourself, little human in this interim span while the world remakes herself for you you are little for a reason take solace in walking outside talking to neighbors touching the soil and water with your so-cool hands eating food you made yourself, and... by lori | Jul 16, 2014 | Here and now, Nature, Poetry, Seasons
Slow beat the summer heat watermelon eat stop admire earth-hardened feet catch warm-air nap eyes at rest beneath cap swim again one more lap that leap oh that leap from dock to lake felt better than crack remember and shivers still race down my back. Select sweet...