Details

Details

I take the time

to see the details

of the flower.

The way the petals

sit together.

How they curve

or stretch.

The length and

depth of each groove.

The closer I look,

the more the beauty

is magnified.

Links

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

Storytelling

Storytelling

What do you

want me to see?

Is it the

look in your eye

or your head

held high?

What about the

touch of blue

that peaks through?

Or, is the direction

you're going

what you are showing?

What do you

want me to see

so I can tell your story?

Links

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

The Rhythm of the Wings

The Rhythm of the Wings

The butterfly sits

but flaps its wings.

down, up, down, up

I focus on the rhythm.

open, close Open? No,

just a pump fake.

Open? Now! close, open

Are you dancing in place?

I don't know, but I

could watch you all day.

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I'll be at the Unplaza Art Fair this weekend, Sept. 22-23. If you stop by my booth, you might see a butterfly. Will its wings be open or closed?

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

Bonds

Bonds

The color that

dazzled has faded.

The petals that

waved fell away.

The bloom has

been dry for

quite sometime,

but the butterfly

always stops by.

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends

Let's go out to eat.

Our usual place? Sweet!

You decide what time to meet

and I'll save some seats.

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

After You Have Grown

After You Have Grown

After you have grown,

you will go out on your own.

Use what you've been shown

as you face the unknown.

Until then, I will guide you

during triumphs and miscues.

Give you a point of view

that I hope will see you through.

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club-Bledsoe-Morales Podcast 

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

The Game of Life

The Game of Life

We play with time

even though we

cannot see the clock.

Get up to watch the

sun rise or sleep

the morning away.

Work overtime

or come and go

on the dot.

Worry about everything

or enjoy

whatever we've got.

Fill each day

in our own way

until the clock runs out.

The prompt for this poem was game.

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Book Club--Bledsoe/Morales Sept. 8

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5, 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day

The Bud

The Bud

The bud

waves in the wind

and says to onlookers,

"Wait until you see what I have

inside."

This poem is a cinquain, 22 syllables divided into five lines of 2, 4, 6, 8, 2. I really took to this form when I learned it in 8th grade so I decided to revisit it.

Links

UNplaza Art Fair Sept. 22-23

Art of Improvisation Video Aug. 31

Sandra Moran Radio Book Club

Sandra Moran Book Club--Katherine V. Forrest Podcast

Jazz Improv and Poetry Video April 5, 

Kansas Time + Place

Poetic Asides

Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day