Thursday, February 28, 2013

Life is a series
of "oops"es and "yaaaay"s just one 
after another.

I put that corn out
for that dern crow and he 
didn't even eat it!
I fancy myself
royalty, but I'm really
just a peasant girl.
He told her, "The way 
you do something is the way 
you do anything."

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Today I just want 
to drink hot toddies and 
giggle at my husband.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

And Jesus came to 
the people and said, "Use 
this Vine app. It rules."

Monday, February 25, 2013

When I finally 
surrendered my will to the world 
I felt much better.
The way he speaks of
meadows I want to wade through 
them, float on the leaves.
Baby plays and
pulls at sister's hair like sister
plays and pull at mom's.
I always let him
do the pegging in cribbage.
I love him that much.

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Each time I woke the 
night sky turned more and more orange 
before turning blue.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

That picture of you,
that thing you said tells me so
much of who you are.

Friday, February 22, 2013

My dad had said once,
"Reading O'Connor is like 
being in prison."
I want your hands on
my hips and I want my fingers 
running through your hair.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

That day when he'd cut 
down all the vines, it's like he'd 
cut off all my arms.

The best thing we can 
teach our children is every 
person's valuable.

The show's always 
about to begin, half-way 
through and almost over.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Damn, Day, you're all like
sunny, warm and the crows are
singin' and shit's sweeeeet.

Monday, February 18, 2013

I could hear wind chimes
outside the window. They sounded
like they were cold.

The river she's hard
and soft, beautiful and not,
everything to me.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Birds, roses, misty and 
cool. Grey, dogs, lovers holding 
hands while they walk home.

Saturday, February 16, 2013

I look into the
future with my man and then 
look to see his smile.

Friday, February 15, 2013

As Winter slips 
away Spring's arms are open and 
slowly take me in.

I'm writing a 
super scary poem, 'cause my 
daughter thought I should.

Thursday, February 14, 2013

My baby smells of
warm, plump, pink skin, momma's milk
and fresh ground coffee.
Your heart may be black 
or sparkly pink, but, damnit, 
least you still have one!
Spring is brilliant, but
the way he tells of it Heaven
couldn't compare.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

For centuries this
green has been growing here and 
feeding the people.

There's always a right
time and a wrong time and right
now is the right time.

The longing inside
my heart it comes and goes, comes and 
goes. Ebbs and flows.
My baby the rider
and I the horse. We roam 
this land together.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

He's such a way
explaining every detail I'm
wrapped up, swept away.
I love the story
of the siren and the sailor.
Their sad, sad beauty.
The sky is so big.
I feel so small under it.

It makes me feel good.

Sunday, February 10, 2013

I like seeing porch
swings and yard chairs on porches 
with people in them.
I feel it so strongly
in my bones, in my blood.
It takes me over.
The air smells like smoke,
like something warm is being 
drunk. It's foggy out.

Saturday, February 9, 2013

I don't want to read
the book too quickly, you know,
blow my wad too soon.

She tried not to show
signs of delight, but still they
came uninvited.

Friday, February 8, 2013

Tell your daughter your
story and she'll tell her
daughter her story, too.

I don't want to 
forget those parts of you that I
love to touch so much.
From afar the train
sounds lonely. Up close it
sounds mean and scary.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

The boy next door walked
his girlfriend to the bus stop.
Cutest thing ever. 

Words were invented
just to describe someone as 
affecting as you.

Ooooh, I'm gonna get
you demon. If not this life
then another one!!!

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

I know it's an
impossible dream, but I must
dream it nonetheless.

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

The boy next door raps 
with his friends. He's not good, but 
I really love it.
The sun was shining
and then the rains came and then 
the sun shined again.

Monday, February 4, 2013

It's that soft light blonde
colored peach fuzz on the back 
of my daughter's neck.


Bewitch: affect by
witchcraft or magic; to enchant,
charm, fascinate.

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Sometimes it scares us
when we don't understand, so I 
try to understand.
It was a warm and 
sunny winter's day. The kind
you mistake for spring.

I saw a couple
walking, talking, smiling. It 
made my heart feel light.
When I get so close
I've almost finished a book
I get butterflies.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

I can be shy, but
not so shy as to touch your
hand before I go.
Forgive me for 
lingering there, but I just didn't 
want to leave you.

Hush, little baby,
don't say a word. Mama's tryin'
to watch her soap.


Friday, February 1, 2013

The sunset was all 
pinks and blues this evening.
I was glad I saw it.