– Autumn Comes –

September 30, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Dust hangs in the airOver petals turned velvetThrough Time’s fading light. Advertisements

– Evening Rains –

September 29, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lightning in a flash!Thunder that cracks like a whip;Hold close my dear child.

Banned Books Week

September 29, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

Photo by Miranda L. Sober Photography I was a junior in high school sitting in an English class when I heard about the modern banning of books for the first time. Before class had started, our teacher had written a list of books at all angles across the blackboard that ran down the side of […]

– Yuri –

September 28, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Hidden in the pears,Inside our kitchen window;His eyes are watching.

– Eclipse –

September 27, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Lovers briefly meetLike ships passing in the nightDancing in silence.

Mark Jenkins: National Geographic Writer and Explorer

September 27, 2015.Reading time 12 minutes.

This month the University of Wyoming hosted a guest speaker in my humble little town of Torrington and my office with the University was engaged to help! So there I stood, star-struck and sweaty because Mark Jenkins, author, explorer, and National Geographic Correspondence Writer, was letting me take a selfie with him. I helped tape […]

– Lunar Love –

September 25, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

It’s a beautiful evening;To be gazing at the moon.Finding it’s dimplesAnd swimming in craters.It’s dance partner is settingTo a symphony of crickets.And here am I;Bathing in its light.Firmly planted on this earth.

Anchors

September 25, 2015.Reading time 2 minutes.

Inches at a time I creep higher. The taupe rock face presses against my body as I cling to the edge. My fingers are caked in chalk, my toes sore from shallow footholds. There are few places to grip. Even fewer to find rest. And as the sun beats down on me, the sweat glistening […]

– Your Story –

September 24, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Streams may be humbleAs all beginnings are, butThen we find rivers.

– Holy Dawn –

September 24, 2015.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Whispers in the earOf salvation from your fear.An eternal love.