Reply: Thank you for your compliment in comparing it to a song. Many poems & not just my own–I put to song. I find it important to read a poem out loud to hear the sounds, not just see the words. – Cindy Ross I really enjoyed reading your poem. I like the connection to quilt...
There’s not long left, but it’s all been good. No rain-soaked nights with dripping hair But a warm fireside and my favourite chair, No fight to live in a friendless world Just contented dreams on a cushion curled, No harsh words on a lonely street ...
Yesterday was a tad too much of nothin’ for my taste, but I was under doctor’s orders not to work up a sweat, and I did as I was instructed. I don’t recall the last time I was this damn lazy The day wasn’t a total waste, however. Once the sun was going down, we atte...
But she was not listening, for she was regarding herself pleasedly in the mirror again, thinking she would wear the bonnet to the hospital this very afternoon and take flowers to the convalescent officers. That there was truth in his last words did not occur to her. She did not see tha...
Gary took this picture of me flipping water in the air but not going down… When we got back to the boat, Gary decided to help me with my free-diving technique. LOL! First, he suggested I take off my wetsuit because wetsuits make you more buoyant. I tried that, and much to my ang...
“Well, I don’t know nothin’ about imperious Caesar,” said Will, patiently, “but what I’ve got is in line with what you’ve just said about Wade, Miss Melly. It’s a poem, pasted on the back of this bill. I know Miss Scarlett ain’t much on poems but I thought this migh...
The poem had always summoned Roger for her, but now it encompassed Ian and her father as well, different as the three of them were. As they rose higher and the timber opened out, the breeze rose and freshened, and Ian halted, beckoning her with a small movement of his fingers. “...
“Scarlett! Scarlett! You are so fine and strong and good. So beautiful, not just your sweet face, my dear, but all of you, your body and your mind and your soul.” “Oh, Ashley,” she whispered happily, thrilling at his words and his touch on her face. “Nobody else but you ...
audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin.These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability.But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking...
audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin.These are the Paralympics, the games for athletes with a disability.But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking...