Merely Day By Day

It's Poetry Friday...and National Poetry Month.  Today's Poetry Friday community roundup  is hosted by Ruth at " There is no such thing as a God-forsaken town ."  Stop by for all the poetry joy you need today! (If you're interested in the madness I've jumped into this month, scroll to the bottom of this post.)   On Home Recently, I went to see Joy Sullivan and Maggie Smith in a conversation hosted by Gramercy Books . Joy's new poetry book "I nstructions for Traveling West "  had just been released. As the evening was concluded they took one more question. A man in the back of the room asked, "Joy, what have you learned from leaping, and Maggie, what have you learned from staying rooted?" I found the question fascinating. Joy went on to talk about what it was like to leap. Maggie talked about what it was like to be rooted. However, if you really listened, you heard Joy talk about the anchor of her home community. If you've read Mag...

I enjoyed the month of March writing with the Slice of Life Challenge community.  Since I have established a better writing habit through the challenge, I want to keep it going.  I noticed Mary Lee at A Year of Reading talking about writing poetry for the month of April since it is National Poetry Month .  It sounded like the perfect way to keep the momentum going so I thought I'd join her.   The Long Road Home Sadly I say goodbye. I drive the long Curvy roads Over hills Around mountains Across bridges. I drive for what seems Like days Though it is not. Passing small towns. Slipping through The lives of others. Wondering what stories Live in these places. Finally I arrive home. Home. To the door  I have passed through Many times. Where the dog sits Wagging her tail to greet me. Home. Into the kitchen, Where the spaghetti From last week, Still sits in the refrigerator. Though the smell ...