Sample my poetry today as we sail through this month of posting every day for the Ultimate Blog Challenge. I offer the chance to read it or listen to it—your choice or do both! Savor the different formats.
From my award winning book, Was It a Dream?: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry, book #1 in my five-book poetry series.
Playing With Words
December 8, 1995
Catch a word
and drag it by the leg—
hold on tight.
Don’t let go!
Hold on!
Don’t let it bite you—
you might die from its
poisonous bite or
worse—
YOU MIGHT WANT TO WRITE MORE!
After reading this, how about listening to me read this poem? Do you like to listen to books, to readings? I do! I recorded several of my poems April 2025 for National Poetry month. Here’s this one: https://youtu.be/AK-hQuXANrw
A Laundromat
Spokane, Washington
June 18, 1998
Ingenuity of children Big Brother sees it as a race car. Mom sees it as a laundry basket on wheels. Little brother takes advantage of big brother’s imagination. Down one aisle Down another Little brother’s eyes glisten. Smiles and giggles filled his face. For a moment, it was a race car— they raced and won, but mom interrupted the fun! "Boys, stop that!"
Listen to me reading this fun-loving poem: https://youtu.be/AK-hQuXANrw
From my newest book, Time Measured Out!: Navigating Life’s Journey Through Poetry, book #2 in my five-book poetry series.
Time Measured Out
July 22, 2002
Thatcher, Idaho
Nine drops of Miracle-Gro
To one quart of water,
My house plants’ weekly diet.
Eight minutes to bake one potato
In the microwave.
Time measured out in bits and pieces.
Lives divided so.
It’s all a cycle,
the seasons,
the days,
the years!
Where is it all going
in such an orderly manner?
As a matter of fact, you can stop right now. Here’s another opportunity to hear me read my own poetry: https://youtu.be/9Z6iu8nbPOQ
War—Prime Time!
March 26, 2003
It’s insatiable
Addictive!
But part of me is injured by every word,
By every photo,
By every explosion,
And feels shell-shocked already!
After only five days!
Prime Time war—
Reality TV at its worst!
Real casualties
Real pain
Real destruction
And it sells a lot of hamburgers
and cars!
Take the time to listen to me read this poem: https://youtu.be/-EBZCzGpJn0
Finally,
My poetry spans a variety of topics because I follow my poetry heroine’s advice for living, Mary Oliver, who shared this her poem, Sometimes:
“Instructions for living a life:
Pay attention.
Be astonished.
Tell about it.”
~Mary Oliver, “Sometimes”
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Thanks for sharing, Larada! I particularly enjoyed Playing With Words.
Thanks so much. I love that poem too.