I will not apologize for my body. Not for its size, its shape or its age. I will not apologize for my body. And I will not confine it in society’s cage. I will enjoy it, live in it, love it and love in it. I will not apologize for my body. Not for the … Continue reading Because It Is Mine
Poetry in Motion
Earth Underfoot
**I penned the original version of this poem in March of 2007; it took until September 2008 for me to stop revising it and finally be happy with the outcome. Only to have me reexplore it in February 2021.** This is a photograph (I took) from one of my most treasured places to hike - … Continue reading Earth Underfoot
The Days
**This is a poem I wrote nearly a decade ago - it was published here in this space back in 2013 after it suffered failure in a Diabetes Poetry contest (the winning submissions far cheerier). I revisited it, tweaked it, and offer it up to you, once again.** This photo was taken by me during … Continue reading The Days
An Angel of a Different Sort
I penned this back in 2004 but do not recall the reasons or the circumstances. *** In my heart I keep you deep, so that pleasant slumber you may sleep; Thoughts and dreams will fill your head, lying safe in our make-shift bed. I feel you rouse in the depths of my soul. And I … Continue reading An Angel of a Different Sort