On My Last Nerve Between Facebook and Twitter, there are a few posts that get on my last nerve! Enough already! Posts that have the phrase,”I bet no one will repost this..” You’re right! I’m just enough of a rebel that if I see that, I definitely won’t.Posts that promise a windfall of some sort … Continue reading Enough already! →

Ode to a Bra You lovely lingerie invention It was always your intention To lift and support for vanity To outright defy gravity Once you were mere decoration A display case for sheer presentation As time went on your role it changed As did the subjects you arranged Push up, push out, and separate Indeed … Continue reading Ode to a Bra →

Since I published my last book, I have had little desire to write. I can't really explain It. I have books that I have thought about and started to outline. I have a book that I wrote in its entirety but decided it was not going to work. In a nutshell-I gave up. Lost confidence. … Continue reading Back on the Horse! →

Dog befriender Rules amender Rights defender Problems mender Love sender Laugh lender Ear bender Flock tender Word blender Poetry trender No pretender

You can only choose one of each pair. Would you rather be.....? Witty or wise Content or creative Beautiful or bestowed with talent Athletic or artistic Rich or resourceful Popular or powerful Kind or charismatic Healthy or healer Friendly or fearless Teacher or learner

When I taught CALM, Career and Life Management, at a rural high school, I had a moving experience. It was probably a lesson the students in attendance would not forget. I was teaching about Fetal Alcohol Syndrome with a professional who was an expert on the topic. She presented the information speaking with slides and … Continue reading FAS-A Lesson →

Her wedding night Beside her he lay Sleeping While she watched him and whispered I love you He turned to face her Then a hand reached out for hers And held on tight She held on To this perfect day. Ten years later Beside her he lay Sleeping While she worried and wondered Fearful He … Continue reading She Held On →

Another mass shooting with an AR15, and while banning this killing machine along with thorough background checks is the only solution I can accept, some still sing a different song. McConnell and his crew start up the familiar rhetoric that it is not a gun problem-it is a mental health problem. This infuriates me. My … Continue reading Rant..again! →

I can like someone who is weird or odd Has different ideas or a different God But I can’t like someone who is rude or mean Or often says things that are just obscene I can’t like someone who is full of lies Whose self is hidden in a fake disguise I can like someone … Continue reading It’s Okay →

These two poems are from actual tweets I 'found'. I just rearranged the words...they are not my words. In Recovery On a whim I went to rehab 47 days When I came back I thought  everyone would be so happy I was back I was okay No one even noticed I was gone The streets … Continue reading Found Poetry →