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Trumpeting Truths

June 5, 2020June 4, 2020 / roughwighting / 101 Comments

dogwood, New England spring

 

 

 

 

 

In my little town, the sky sparkles
Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Lifted by souls of the living
Who search for the gift of happiness.

Like diamond dust thrown in the wind
Questions fly to neighbors near and far
Who search for the gift of happiness
While surveying their view of the world. Continue reading →

Mother May I

May 8, 2020May 7, 2020 / roughwighting / 228 Comments

motheres and daughters. Covid-19, love, mother loveMother, may I laugh with you, even as you breathe
out your last memory on the Covid floor?
Oh the days we laughed, once I was a child no more. Continue reading →

Back in the Day . . .

September 20, 2019September 19, 2019 / roughwighting / 129 Comments

walking, back in the day, Tom's shoesBack in the day, we didn’t take buses or drive in a car.
We walked.
Back in the day didn’t matter if our school was a distance far
We walked
Back in the day whether rain or shine, snow or sleet
We walked
Back in the day we depended on one thing only, our feet
We walked. Continue reading →

The Comfort of a Hum

July 29, 2016July 27, 2016 / roughwighting / 84 Comments

I’m awake at dawn, the clock strikes 5 as I watch

The fan above turn the sultry summer air around and

Around with the thoughts in my head – WHAT TO DO

Today. The list begins as I stretch and wonder why I do

What I do until I move past the window and pause. Continue reading →

Where Are YOU From?

November 20, 2015November 19, 2015 / roughwighting / 78 Comments

New Jersey, where are you from?

I’m from New Jersey, no

Not really. I mean, geographically

NJ and DE and MA and CA –

Yes, but my heart, my soul?

 

I’m from a deep deep unseen place

That began in the bottomless sea, Continue reading →

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MOLLY FINDS HER PURR

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