A Dickens Eve A gentle waterfall spilled up and o’er the rim finding age old crevices to follow towards my chin. ‘Twere just a play! a staged apparition… Well, actually there were three nay four! after intermission. What magic did befall me as costumed sorcerers did brew with lilting incantations and lovely music too. Had … Continue reading Poem from a Christmas Past
Category: Poetry
Christmas Mugs
A MutinyThe cupboard cannot hold them these merry mugs of cheer. For sweetly drinking Christmas, Out of boxes pulled each year.I cannot fit them with the rest so tumbled out I’ll leave them, spilling Christmas nog and joy with every chance I see them.They wink as I drink my morning cuppa And froth piping hot … Continue reading Christmas Mugs
This really happened!
Akimbo Sitting slightly askew a star on the mantel for show… He felt that he should right it. But little did he know. “Oh I liked it catywampus! Please don’t change my decoratin’ You see, things do look best When they’re arranged a bit sigodlin. Now furniture all chockablock Well that’s against the law. But … Continue reading This really happened!
For Ellen
Macy Macy knew, that as she grew, her love for all things making was growing still, her heart to fill ... crocheting, quilting, baking! Yet in all this, one more was bliss a thread ran through them all— A gift to give, for this she lives, something not found at the mall. So Macy made, … Continue reading For Ellen
Christmas Treasures
Christmas Memories Oh the ache of Christmas, of the years rolling by, of children growing…I cannot stop it, no matter how hard I try. Middle boy says at table- “I don’t get it this year… It doesn’t seem like Christmas Yet it’s almost here. It’s a week away and it feels like any other. The … Continue reading Christmas Treasures
Tree Trimming
There have been many new followers here on Drawn2Life this year. I want to welcome ALL of you! I am really so glad you are here! I'm hoping those of you who have been with me for a while won't mind a few poems written from past holidays. I love pulling them out along with … Continue reading Tree Trimming
It’s Christmastime!
Come With Me I have so much to share with thee, my online reader and friend, I think I shall post--'til the day that I toast-- the New Year coming 'round the bend. So here I go a rhyming sharing poems present and past. So we can enjoy the season making merry with mirth 'til … Continue reading It’s Christmastime!
A Day of Juxtaposition
A Day of Juxtaposition Today’s a day of laundry and dishes And also fulfillment of long-time wishes. How can I hold them all in my hands … Will I fly apart? Or can I stand? Is there a key to contain it all? Can I embrace it in a neat tidy ball? … Continue reading A Day of Juxtaposition
Painting & Poem
Can I attempt to entice you once again to come out for my Art Show this Saturday? From 4-6 pm at Southwinds Gallery here in Kernersville, you'll see this painting and many more of my town. I'll also be signing books, both Genevieve and the Kite and Letters to an Artist. I am walking around … Continue reading Painting & Poem
Oh Dear
Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. They are tumbling out. In the face of this army, I frightfully rout. Yet running straight into their arms I pout. I wield my pen and start flailing about. Grabbing word after word as if fishing for trout In hopes that a poem eventually will … Continue reading Oh Dear