by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Provocative
Provocative || Love is the Potion God Who? “God” is such a common word used by everyone I know, kept like an I.D. As if to say, “this is me, and these are my walls.” “God” is a relation, a citizen and a patriot. He is comfort and...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Provocative
Provocative || Love is the Potion God is not...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion Sometimes Sometimes a rhyme will sweep my mind Cleaning away the clutter. Sometimes a riddle paints the void Turning my grays to color. Sometimes a song untangles me Weaving my threads together. Sometimes a poem shines on me Clearing...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion The Smile Passing a child in a shopping cart I heard him moan and fret He had no want of anything For all his needs were met. With pudgy cheeks and pudgy hands Listlessly he cast a glance at me And so, of course, I had to give the...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion The Persimmon Tree (a true story, somewhat embellished) I was nine years old. My brothers were seven and five. To escape the constant clamor of the two boys I had locked myself in my bedroom and worked on braiding my own hair. For...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion Everything I Need Complicated Life’s too complicated. Overrated City lights are overrated. So I’m heading for the Tulies And I tell you, truly, truly I got everything I need. (chorus) Hey now, I got everything I need Hey...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion Thundering Earthworms Sitting in the garden on a sunny day in May All about me greening are the seeds of harvest play. The soil, like cottage cheese, but now black and wet with rain Covered with an armor that no wind can blow away....
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion Beginning at the End Life inside a package appearing worn and weak Begins unfolding in the dark, vibrant hopeful leaves Growing like a story, beginning at the end Motivated by the sunshine, strengthened by the wind Nourished by...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion Kate When beauty laughs and scatters joy Denying every other ploy To change a heart and motivate That merry beauty be our Kate. When beauty states that we shall be What God alone can surely see A work of art—not lost nor late— That...
by Connect | Jan 4, 2020 | Just For Fun
Just For Fun || Love is the Potion The Avocado Tree When I was about six years old, some people I know, who owned a taco restaurant, planted an avocado seed in a pot. “It will take forever to grow,” I thought to myself. “Too long to be worth...
