September 12, 2025
We're told to hide away,
don't discuss,
never show,
never acknowledge.
Except alone,
in hidden corridors,
secret passageways
where only "our kind" might tread.
September 11, 2025
September 9, 2025
This little mocking owl, my friend, this mocking bird I know, he taunts me from the tree outside with laughs and giggles loud.
August 27, 2025
That had created a reservoir of memories. A few of those moments were caught on camera. But the drumming on the back, head and shoulders cannot be shared.
August 20, 2025
When Lillibell climbed onto the moon,
we thought we’d never find her.
She’d vanished uncountable times before
but never ignored the wind’s moaning.
August 19, 2025
August 18, 2025
**Trigger warning: death and loss of loved one.** Iris, leaves of red, yellow, goldfall ground-ward, carpetingdew-wet grass, where autumnwalks in her season. Iris, huge white flowersappear […]
August 14, 2025
Prised from the abyss of Hell,
more arms bore me to the Gates of Heaven.
Behind them I could see light, blinding beam
boring into my eyes. I could hear a choir
singing around the Lord’s throne...
August 13, 2025
August 10, 2025
Feeling the weight, being alive in the broken world, I take my sewing basket down from the highest shelf, stitching the pieces back together.
August 6, 2025
Japan.Within a nanosecond’s span,that single word emblazons images that landlike flashbulbs snapping off behind a whirling fan—tobacco smoke conceals command;the modest fist of reason, slams—its compromise […]
August 1, 2025
Take a run through the forest, or swim in the depths. Breathe in the heart of nature as you scamper with the animals, daydream of springtime, and linger beneath the waterfall's splash. Plunge into the refreshing waters of the river, or curl up with a cuppa tea and good book in the garden where birds and ladybugs play. The wonders and healing calm of nature await in the pages of our Breath of Nature Poetry Special.