Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Her Name is “Autumn” She’s a world traveler, prodigy of opportunity, visiting us yearly, disseminating inspiration,…
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Poet’s Corner: Snowstorm, Large Objects that Shouldn’t be There
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Snowstorm There is little to do and less to wonder about, like the snow now…
Poet’s Corner: A.L.S.
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. A.L.S. Lou Gehrig’s Disease. Temptation to look away from the future. The guy in the reclined…
Poet’s Corner: Sunflowers smiling, Swimming with a Mermaid, Snow Moon
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Sunflowers smiling I ordered seeds, lots of seeds, big packets, small packets of unique pansies, bulk…
Poet’s Corner: The Woman On The Sidewalk, Autumn Thoughts, My Seattle Mom
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. The Woman On The Sidewalk It was just about four-thirty, still dark and a bit chilly…
Poet’s Corner: Pardon my French!, Oh, Death…, Breakfast in a House of Spirits, You Know?
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Pardon my French! A now-dead former prisoner-of-war, who fought communism in Vietnam, wrote the 2016 obituary…
Poet’s Corner: Moonlight, Sun and Rain
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Moonlight You flood of lofty, silver light Cascading through crevices Of jagged mountain edges Sparking little…
Poet’s Corner: Drivescape Revisited, Juniper Moon, Yellow Malibu
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Drivescape Revisited I hunch over my steering wheel Traffic jammed and damned unhappy Snarling, sweating, swearing…
Poet’s Corner: Bus Rides, Ebey’s Landing, Ode to Hummingbirds
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Bus Rides One day in December, years ago I rode the bus to Seattle down Highway…
Poet’s Corner: Cradle of Twilight
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Cradle of Twilight Dedicated to my mother’s descent into the realm of dementia …. At the…
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Poet’s Corner: Autumn Poem for The Homeless, Bells a Constant Ringing, Where do Words Go?
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Autumn Poem for The Homeless Oh blanket upon my bed like fallen leaves cover Autumn ground…
Poet’s Corner: Water and Straw, In the Red Vinyl Booth of the Horseshoe Cafe
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Water and Straw I’d been walking the floor of the ocean all night mapping the terrain…
Poet’s Corner: Ravens in the Wind, Shadow
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Ravens in the Wind Several years ago, standing near a ledge at a scenic spot in…
Poet’s Corner: A New Earth, Shadow, Rumbling
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. A New Earth “Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare…
Poet’s Corner: Litany for Peaceful Turning, Miss Ellis
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Litany for Peaceful Turning I know your struggle We got here together For…
Poet’s Corner: Autumn Again, Halfway, Late Bloomers
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Autumn Again First the mist rises and you come up to us from the fen where…
Poet’s Corner: Near Davina Peak, Bus Stop Flirtation
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Near Davina Peak The moon appeared mid-morning above Davina Peak, clambered into us through blue bases…
Poet’s Corner: Cuyahoga Valley Railroad Car, Monday Arrives Sideways, Sunday Concert
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Cuyahoga Valley Railroad Car A single car sidelined as stars go on turning, haunted by journeys…
Poet’s Corner: Summer of ’99, Teardrops of a Dahlia
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Summer of ’99 Silent swishing paddles displace the still water curling outward in billowing patterns Majestic…
Poet’s Corner: Strong Medicine, Lullaby, The Warrior, Sole Quartet
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. Strong Medicine Pain 1 To you my pain is a mirror. You see yourself reflected somehow…
Poet’s Corner: The Taste of my Land, Aromas
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds Poetry Group. The Taste of my Land I’d like to savor the earth I was born into taste…
Poet’s Corner: Discovery, No Entry, Choices and Consequences
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds-based EPIC Poetry Group. DISCOVERY Discovery conjures Christopher Columbus and landing in a new world. Or the sourdough gold…
Poet’s Corner: Gift Exchange, Kitchen Magic, Shavings
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds-based EPIC Poetry Group. Gift Exchange On a whim I change your old home-made formula Cuppa water, fourth of…
Poet’s Corner: Decompose, Hands
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds-based EPIC Poetry Group Decompose Not easy or quick. Arduous, hewing and subtracting and liquifying. Dark ink baptism so…
Poet’s Corner: Ja’Net, Mama’s Vested Love, High School Mixup
Here is the latest installment of Poet’s Corner, presented by the Edmonds-based EPIC Poetry Group Ja’Net Ja’Net is my youngest sister. She is a mother of five young adult children,…