let Your waters flow Dear God, let me remember this day to put on my deodorant to look into the eyes of small people to give hugs Let me remember also to take balloon breaths before speaking when I feel the smoldering iron of anger rising up through my body Let me remember to pause … Continue reading An Everyday Prayer
Month: March 2020
Forsythia I and II
When the air starts to warm each spring, the grass greens, bulbs start pushing new green shoots up through the lawn, and blossoms appear, I get the irresistible urge to write poetry. Some funny. Some maybe good. Most unbelievably sentimental trash, I'm sure. This year, the humor won. Read on if you dare . . … Continue reading Forsythia I and II
Recipe for Spring
by Gwen Lantz photo by Anita Recipe for Spring 1 blustery day 4 c. warm soil 1 c. dirty dog 3 c. happy daffodil faces 1 Tbsp seeds Smattering precocious weeds Smidgen of lenten ashes Liberal amounts of bird song and laughing children Take above regenerative ingredients and mix liberally with hope and rainfall for … Continue reading Recipe for Spring
Juice
I'm not a superhero many times not even a great mom or a wonderful person at all Caught up with all of you in the throes of a national crisis a global pandemic I find myself feeling quite ordinary my efforts infinitesimal compared to the magnitude of the galloping beast Living here at the foot … Continue reading Juice
Lent 4: The Lord is My Shepherd
For most of us these days, the Coronavirus pandemic has touched all parts of our lives, including Sunday morning worship. Thanks to my pastor, Marian Buckwalter, for sharing the following pertinent message with us this week that we can each enjoy from an appropriate distance. May you be blessed! **************************************************************************** Monday, when our son came … Continue reading Lent 4: The Lord is My Shepherd
Poem: “No Return Policy”
by Sherah-Leigh Gerber Grief is a roller coaster Trapped on a ride you didn’t choose Raising existential questions on a mundane Monday Grief is a marathon Tears unbidden as you unload the dishwasher and fold laundry Unfinished business rising without a pretty bow Grief is a runaway train Relentlessly chugging over anything in its path … Continue reading Poem: “No Return Policy”
Are you crunchy?
Photo by Marcin Skalij on Unsplash You know you're a crunchy woman when . . . . . . the change in seasons brings genuine excitement over the perfect creamy consistency of your homemade deodorant*! (not coincidentally, your bathroom is the coldest room all winter in your wood-stove-heated house) You know you're only a semi-crunchy … Continue reading Are you crunchy?
Poem for a moment* (first draft)
Children paint at the kitchen table a rooster crows in the chicken shed the bathroom fan hums, and the wood stove cools front door slams open and shut boots stomping in and out on the urgent business of a childhood day I sit in front of this computer willing inspiration to set my fingers typing … Continue reading Poem for a moment* (first draft)
