Category Archives: Poetry

Baby Pain

Posted on June 29, 2017 by sputterpub

When you were six months old, your father left. It wasn’t his idea, and my belief that you were too unformed to feel bereft, was wrong – you just lacked language for your grief. When you were almost three, my … Continue reading →

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Slowing Start

Posted on June 27, 2017 by sputterpub

I’m sure there were occasions in my youth when I awoke and bounded out of bed… before a trip to Disneyland, if truth be told, or with a camping trip ahead. And in my prime I functioned fairly well the … Continue reading →

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Vigor

Posted on June 26, 2017 by sputterpub

I lately like my body so, I move around sometimes when I’ve no place to go. I stopped sweet treats and started to improve, and hungered less for starches than to know unvarnished facts. Before a year had passed I … Continue reading →

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Treasure

Posted on June 23, 2017 by sputterpub

A prized possession? I don’t want a thing I have to guard, maintain, protect. I feel there’s too much work in that. Inhabiting my mind and meting theories are my real affinities, the goods that never quit. I’ve danced inside … Continue reading →

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June Heat Wave

Posted on June 22, 2017 by sputterpub

The heat has been remarkable today. I took a walk in it – that flattened me. Without A/C or tasks, I tried to lay as low as possible, and thanked each tree that frames the yard my cottage occupies. My … Continue reading →

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Sorting

Posted on June 20, 2017 by sputterpub

I understood the terms. I thought I knew an extrovert from introvert. I called myself gregarious but loner through and through. Of course that’s me. Now I’m appalled – surprised at least – I took two tests online, and landed … Continue reading →

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26 Years Ago

Posted on June 19, 2017 by sputterpub

I remember 1991: Alaska cruising with my mom and dad. We got along quite well. That trip was fun and genial; we all agreed we had good times, and disembarked with memories as sparkling as the glacial ice we met. … Continue reading →

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Toss

Posted on June 16, 2017 by sputterpub

I note the cohort’s jettisoning stuff. The nests are emptying; now many toss possessions, recognize they’ve had enough, inhabit smaller residences, cross from house to condo furnished with support. And those of us with mental energy and physical ability report … Continue reading →

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Neurology

Posted on June 15, 2017 by sputterpub

She’s satisfied about her language skills, her memory is great, and she observes her fellows well, for she was schooled in drills of people-watching by her mom. But “nerves” she may not understand, she learned today. She knows she’s nervous … Continue reading →

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Google Analytics

Posted on June 13, 2017 by sputterpub

I hesitate to look at what I’ve wrought. I want to count my readers and I don’t. To understand how many viewed and caught my drift: okay. But then I worry: won’t too few depress me, and too many force … Continue reading →

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