Extraordinary Sunshine Weaver

Category: Poem

• Ekphrastic Poetry Free Verse Revolution Poem Poetry

  

  A Rocky Start

  Sapling, you shoot roots in the shallow bucket engorged with sharp bits of seed hulls left by the squirrels, picked at by cardinals.   Your tender, slender stem, elongated spine, extends from cracked dirt in a clay flower pot, the old home of an expired aloe vera plant. Can your…

  April 28, 2020
• Audio Poem Poetry

  

  Ascent

  Mountain, stoic, solid, staggering. I free climb in awe of you. Timid, I ascend. Parts of you open. My fingers and toes take hold on your stoic rock face, spine of your spirit. But I, too eager, slip. No rope to spot my fall. Harder, I grip. Upward, I embrace the…

  April 16, 2020
• artisticflarings.blog Ekphrastic Poetry Healing Martha’s Artistic Flarings Original Digital Art Poem Poetry

  

  An Angel in the Dark

  Inspired by my sister’s art!

  April 14, 2020
• artisticflarings.blog Audio Martha’s Artistic Flarings Original Digital Art Poem Writing

  

  The Unwelcome Tenant

  Today we are forced to sequester to prevent the spread of COVID-19. We realize how powerful we are when it comes to our wellness because we can make choices to prevent contagion by following the CDC guidelines and being loving to ourselves and thoughtful of others by wearing masks and…

  April 4, 2020
• Free Verse Revolution Healing My Screaming Twenties Poem Poetry Publication Writing

  

  Bloom – Barbara Leonhard

  I have a poem up on Free Verse Revolution. (UPDATE: This poem is archived – the link no longer works – because FREE VERSE REVOLUTION has a new literary magazine. If you wish to access this link, let me know.)

  April 3, 2020
• Audio Mother Earth My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Podcasts Poem Poetry

  

  Before Eden Fell

         This poem is included in an article I wrote for Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry (https://phoebemd.com/2020/03/12/fire-ice-the-faces-of-grief/). The article is based on my poetry podcast Grief: Fire and Ice, which features this poem (https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/). Before Eden Fell We were all immortal, our beauty, captured forever in flora and fauna so…

  March 28, 2020
• Audio My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Poem Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Writing

  

  Erosion

  This poem is included in an article I wrote for Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry (https://phoebemd.com/2020/03/16/alzheimers-grieving-the-loss-of-my-mother/). The article is based on my poetry podcast Grief: Fire and Ice (https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/). Erosion A garden once planted in spring, bearing life in shade and sun, is now tangled with weeds and blight. A…

  March 27, 2020
• Audio Healing My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Podcasts Poem Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul

  

  Grace

  This poem is included in an article I wrote for Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry (https://phoebemd.com/2020/03/21/grief-healing-through-poetry/). The article is based on my poetry podcast Grief: Fire and Ice (https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/). Grace the leaves have fallen and stomped to dust I am laid bare, exposed to wind my limbs, brittle, still pleading…

  March 27, 2020
• Audio Healing My Mother Phoebe, MD: Medicine + Poetry Podcasts Poem Poetry Poetry: The Memoir of the Soul Prose Publication Writing

  

  Alzheimer’s: Grieving the Loss of My Mother

  Phoebemd.com has published the second part of my article on my mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s. You can access Part 1 via the link provided before the article starts. These installments are based on my poetry podcast on this topic. https://meelosmom.podbean.com/e/grief-fire-and-ice/ Please like, share, and follow. Others with loved ones who…

  March 16, 2020
• braveandreckless.blog Digital Art Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen Original Collage Art Original Collages Poem Poetry Publication Writing

  

  MOON ATE THE DARK CHALLENGE: MOON EATS THE DARK – BARBARA LEONHARD

  Originally posted on Heretics, Lovers, and Madmen: In a nest of owls, I awaken bare, bleeding. Talons pierce flesh. Stabbing beaks shear old skin, mincing fat and bone. I am released into cloud. Glossy wings unfurl. I chase stars and alight onto rays of petrified time. I scan marvel as…

  March 11, 2020