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Avocado toast, rats, a sonnet for St. Joseph, and more (7 Quick Takes)
7 poems inspired by a full week
Happy 18th birthday to a special niece
When my sister Maureen and her husband, Eric, told me they were expecting a baby, I couldn’t imagine more exciting news. The baby would be my parents’ first grandchild and my first niece or nephew. This little one was due in April 2003, and we couldn’t wait. I went with Maureen to a doctor’s appointment […]
The cicadas are coming and other poems (7 Quick Takes)
7 poems sharing 7 topics on my mind, including the impending arrival of the cicadas
The gift of infertility
There is an emptiness and sorrow to infertility that is hard to describe.
When life gives you frozen lemonade…
It feels very special to find a few minutes during the day to make a quick, frozen treat.
7 Poetic Highlights from Our Week (7 Quick Takes)
Today, I’m trying 7 different poetic forms. I hope this is half as entertaining to read as it was to try to write them.
Up with the birds
There’s something extraordinary about introducing the birds to the first light of the day.
Haiku Highlights from Easter (7 Quick Takes)
Sharing seven haiku written during the Octave of Easter
An Easter full of hope
As I set our table for dinner, I thought of all the people who were part of our celebration even though they weren’t physically with us.
A sweet gift, a birthday, Easter foods, and spring snow (7 Quick Limericks)
If you like limericks, this post is for you.
The finches’ first Easter
This will be our pet birds’ first Easter with us.