Word Traveling

Category: Poetry

  • carousel

    Step right up! Tokens, please… What are you waiting for? Enjoy the Breeze! It’s carvings so intricate- Paintings- just perfect. Fairy tale horses waiting Just to be pet. Touch  your hand to her reign, One foot in a stirrup, Whoosh, up you swing- Brings her (and you) to life with A skip and a gallop!…

  • forty and fabulous!

    Pull up a chair brew a triple espresso over ice with a splash, make it sweet. (or whatever java is your treat) let’s compare stories – without comparison! share scribbles and (double) dare each other to L E A P from the chair take up our greatest weapons- love, mercy, forgiveness, pen, lens, canvas and…

  • A page from Paris with Kids

    A little word art… from old travel books and my photos…inspired by an article I read in Florida Weekly about an artist named Austin Kleon. In between preparing to move and renovate a new home, homeschooling and keeping our family running, I’ve been following along on a 15-day writer’s challenge from a friend and mentor, Jeff Goins. Last night,…

  • Happy Birthday, Little Man!

    Luke’s lullaby….   Little Man, Little Man, I just want you to know- Little Man, Little Man That I Love you So. Little Man, Little Man, You’re sent from up above- Little Man, Little Man, Such a gift of love. And every hair on your head is counted. Every eyelash God has seen. Every smile…

  • The Air is Thick

    The air is thick Engulfed Humidity Activity Aromas of latte, Spending, and Cologne People. But also Him. Them. In the chaos there is peace Calm Rest The world is a blur. Small conversations escalate around Escalators move to the next entertainment destination We sit at peace In silence. Creating Thinking Wondering Occasionally a word is…

  • Valentine’s Haiku

    We are studying poetry in our homeschool right now, so I felt it appropriate to write a little haiku for each of the men I love in my life- on handmade marbled paper cards. We made the paper at Christmas time- it was supposed to be red, but turned out more pink and purple so…