Poems From The Porch Spinning a cocoon No set amount of time Some never begin Safety denied For most, the start is early Four, 15, 23,...

Poems From The Porch To be handed over divides a life Constructing a purpose then being done unto Learning what surrender really means...

Poems From The Porch The Tulip Inn, Houston, Texas Crisp, blue void expanding above Magnolia tree companion sporting velvet under-leaves...

~a spirituality of receiving Grief is Universal From February 2022 to January 2023, I encountered significant losses in my life — from...

~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation Hearing the Call and Setting Out on the Journey The storyland you are...

~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation Or perhaps you and I like our insecurity and instability compared to...

Poems From The Porch Yesterday, I received the gift of sadness. It came unbidden, like the cracking of an oyster shell reveals a tender...

Poems From The Porch Three turtles are swimming in the clear water of Johnson Creek-- Mama Turtle, Papa Turtle, and Baby Turtle. Their...

Poems From The Porch A sweet waterfall flowing through Johnson Creek offers the sound of ambient serenity. A wide-eyed verio, singing...

Poems From The Porch Petite yellow wildflowers, on the verge of blooming, are leaning into the warmth of the sun. Their stems stretch...

Poems From The Porch Petite, yellow wildflowers hanging on tenaciously to the cliff’s edge San Juan river steadily carving time into the...

Poems From The Porch Sun warming green on the mountains and fecund valley below Happy campers walking by offering cheerful morning...

Poems From The Porch Blue Pond Springs, St. Charles Canyon, Cache National Forest, Idaho White Aspen bark with green leaves poised to...

Poems From The Porch The sunrise is finally touching the stark, gray mountain, lighting it up, silver and white. I am bundled against the...

Poems From The Porch A very important person — do they know it? — cut up fresh pineapple and honeydew melon and placed the lusciousness...

a love note from your Inner Wisdom Photo by Jordan Whitt on Unsplash Dear One, I am writing to remind you of things you already know....

Photo by Jeet Dhanoa on Unsplash It is a basic human need to feel understood and seen, and our everyday exchanges don’t always fill our...

Poems From The Porch Great blue heron standing solo on the bank Mosquito hawks hovering overhead in community Cloud puffs slowly and...

Poems From The Porch One petite daylily is blossoming near the ground. Her cousins in another garden are growing tall and regal. A...

Poems From The Porch Cicada chorus rising and falling Water's surface adorned with sequins of light Throaty bullfrog croaking like a tuba...