07NOV21 Email Omen

These are the subjects I scanned when I read my email list

Can you spot a Manic Episode?
Roofcrash
roofcrash
Wild Rice, Dried Cranberry and walnut stuffing
sneak peak at...
pop go for less
wide range for less
The consequences of unconfessed sin

07NOV20 Every Poem Should Have

a feeling
a sense of who wrote it
abstraction
concreteness
a poem should inspire
a poem should capture
a poem should reveal
it should make one reflect or not
it should have honesty or lies

Maybe every poem needs a rhyme, maybe not
Poetry is catharthis
Poetry is revelation

07NOV16 Doomed

It started yesterday when I bought my dinner
I ordered chicken they gave me fish
The second time it happened, fish not chicken
arghh go out to car to drive to get chicken
and it won't start, and it takes forever
and I act like an ass

today car won't start
barely at kung fu on time
quick trip to the grocery,
they raised the price of the pizza another $1
Ok I can live with that it's still cheaper than Pizza Hut
The cashier is slow and the line finally brings me to the front
the Bill totals $33 not my anticipated $24
when I point it out to the cashier
she says she didn't over charge me,
I show her two pizza, three sodas
the reciept reads three pizzas four sodas,
she still says she didn't over charge me
I wind up in line at customer service making
and ass of myself in front of oscar AGAIN
He's cool he always fixes my problems,

I should not leave the house till the cloud disappates

Reflecting Light & Moving Shadows

I see it and I tell anyone near that the light
the light at this time of day
this light is my favorite light
it is rich and warm on the surfaces
facing the golden light
it is this light that gives
urban city two story brickfaced
commercial block  big glass windows
full and warm with this light, 
the dirt and grime seem to fade
away in the clarity of the light and
I am on the opposite side of the street
the brilliance of this glowing touch
yet I am in shadow,  the sun dropping
slowly down the horizon and I see
hope before the cold shadows of the night
creep in and return the scene to dull

071109_1325 Soul Train

My children are sleeping on the couch
In their room, what peace reigns in this moment
then the train, rolls across the screen
and Soul Train classic rolls along
on wgn on a cold Saturday afternoon
thru my children's subconcious
and the Fro's and the Bell's Boogie
Ooogie Oooogie across the screen
My husband and I get down
All the while the kids dream of forever