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In drear nighted December

In drear nighted December, Too happy, happy tree, Thy branches ne'er remember Their green felicity— The north cannot undo them With a sleety whistle through them Nor frozen thawings glue them From budding at the prime. In drear-nighted December, Too happy, happy brook, Thy bubblings ne'er remember Apollo's summer look;…

Days of Late

My days of late are mostly filled with love of friends. I am so happy. ~ Wayne Becker Haiku is the sashimi of poetry. Seventeen syllables channeling the essence of sound and meaning. A traditional Japanese form now popular around the world, Haiku come with a preset structure: three lines…

Coffee Share

If we were having coffee right now I would prefer we were sitting in a Barnes & Noble Cafe sipping a latte and sharing life's adventure stories.

Alliteration using ‘P’

Police pursue potential political provocateurs. Alliteration is when two or more words that start with the same sound are used repeatedly in a phrase or a sentence. The repeated sound creates the alliteration, not the same letter. For example, ‘tasty tacos’ is considered an alliteration, but ‘thirty typist’ is not,…

Letter to Siblings

A post in the form of a letter may be trite, but with the right approach and tone, a letter can tell a great story and get your message across.