Much poetry happens in the silence
terri guillemets
composed by yours truly
June — boom!
In Phoenix, summer is a heat bomb that explodes in late June.
Forever lit with the soul of another
Immediate grief is a falling to the knees, a bleeding of the heart, a blow to the soul. Ongoing grief is a getting up; a call to move on; a healing and strengthening; a melding of soul with sorrow, with loss, with life; a transforming of self to renewed being, rebuilt with the leavings of another.
Flustered
My heart beat so hard when I was near him, I feared he could hear my secret longing for him.
journal, age fourteen
Check it out
Knowledge lives at the library, and the nice people there always let us take some home.
Heart success
Heart pumps blood — and love, passion, hurt, joy, faith.
Eternally
New beginnings happen every day.
Waste away
Saw this trash bin today. Call me crazy but not only does it look kinda pretty, it also seems to suggest many metaphors for the past fifteen years.
Infinite reach
Our wingspan is measured not in inches but in spirit.
Boom box philosophies
Next time you’re mad, try dancing out your anger.
G’ma & G’pa
Grandmas and grandpas are
journal, age thirteen
Nature lessons
Can plants be happy? If they get what they need, they thrive —
Saving books
I’ve been saving books for all these years, and they’ve been saving me for my