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 | Jul 28, 2015 | Flash, Found-Object, Impacts, Poetry, Work
Flash poetry (created and shared online in <10 minutes) inspired by an amazingly prolific and resilient researcher friend. I turned a research abstract into a poem on the fly for him. That’s me apparently: nerdy poems on the fly, no waiting. Isn’t life... by lori | May 1, 2015 | Poetry, Silly, Work
Chris Toll said The job of poets is not to explain the Mystery. The job of poets is to make the Mystery greater. Terrific, said Daniel, but my question was: where do you want to eat dinner tonight? by lori | Apr 2, 2015 | Poetry, Silly, Work
Hello and welcome to earth [bow with your hands pressed together near your heart.] [Oh, and if they offer a hand, flipper, tentacle, or anything else to shake, shake it. If they want to hug, hug.] here in the vastness of space [throw your arms open wide and look... by lori | Jan 8, 2015 | Alzheimer's, Caregiving, Here and now, Love, Poetry, Women, Work
This just-messing-around, poetic-calisthenics poem is a tribute to the work of poet Jericho Brown: specifically, his poem Heart Condition, the first poem of his that I happened upon. Go find it. Read it. You won’t be sorry. Better yet, buy one of his books. Here... by lori | Jun 23, 2014 | Feelings, Poetry, Work, Writing
Fear asks: why create poetry when there’s no apparent market for it? In response I craft an ocean of poems dive deeper into our quality and quantity our silliness and seriousness our purposeful purposelessness our playful connection and disconnection...