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Tag: poetry

phone markup art of an abstract bird on pink background by Elizabeth Matteson
Mommess

3 little words… on my doorstep

A multi-media pairing for a multi-media life. Thank goodness for music, art, and poetry. In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes…

September 1, 2025September 1, 2025 · 1 min read

Photo by Chris Sabor
Body & Health

Showoff

That’s right. I’m done acting modest here. The show is off. Woke Wednesday Yoga. For first time in months. I tried pose to rock onto single foot.Chuck Berry…

April 24, 2024May 21, 2025 · 1 min read

Mommess

Matunuck

Escaping the sleepover fallouttwo extra boys. Legends lp playing then. And now too. The Digital. Quiet happy. Then. and video games. and airy mattress pushed up on it’s…

March 30, 2024March 30, 2024 · 1 min read

Mommess

I Mama

#MyOdeToGeorgeFloyd My holy fucking mama just got screamed out of me Dragged across pavement, grit in the skin Lit on fire, Enraged, enlarged, ablaze, and screeching This is…

May 28, 2020June 3, 2022 · 1 min read

Body & Health

Dart Dart Dart

Dart. Dart. Dart. Rest. Dart. Dart. Dart. Finger, thumb moving. Eyes darting. Soul wondering. Entertainment! A Life! Exciting! Surprising!. Odd. Outrageous. Horrible. Sad. Scroll. Share. Share. Share. Smirk.…

January 6, 2020November 15, 2022 · 1 min read

Culture

what if I quit my first job?

What if today, I decided to quit my first job? This woman job I’m judged on every day. What if I didn’t even bother to look clean, coifed,…

November 2, 2017June 1, 2023 · 3 min read

Body & Health

watching water drops turn to birds

So, I’ve been missing poetry in my life, or more like, missing the poetry of life.  I used to get my fill by watching period pieces (think Jane…

July 28, 2015February 23, 2025 · 1 min read

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