Category Archives: books

We made it to Thursday!  Hip hip hooray! Here are Sweet Peas John Keats Here are sweet peas, on tip-toe for a flight; With wings of gentle flush o’er delicate white, And taper fingers catching at all things, To bind … Continue reading →

This is what I get for deciding to clean our whole house the week before school starts and host a huge party on Friday night (“Greek Fest 08”, of which we didn’t remember to take even a single picture) – … Continue reading →

[A mammoth repair job on two old asphalt driveways will mess up anyone’s schedule] Hoeing John Updike I sometimes fear the younger generation will be deprived of the pleasures of hoeing; there is no knowing how many souls have been … Continue reading →

No Tool or Rope or Pail Bob Arnold It hardly mattered what time of year We passed by their farmhouse, They never waved, This old farm couple Usually bent over in the vegetable garden Or walking the muddy dooryard Between … Continue reading →

Almost Evenly Divided by Emma Suarez-Baez My life almost evenly divided 17 ½ years Puertorican 20 ½ years New Yorker I’ve lost a land that felt mine flamboyanes, canarias going to the bank con papi learning to cook like mami … Continue reading →

I just broke my toe. This is really bad timing. Greece is very soon!

Hooray for Mom! Thanks for bringing Poetry Thursday back Mom! An Original Haiku by Laura We were so busy! Who has time for poetry when the sis gets hitched?