Category Archives: Poetry

Fitful Sleep

Posted on December 13, 2025 by sputterpub

Suggesting how to yodel, in a dream,the older woman said, “just watch my chest.”It sunk a bit as she let fly a streamof alternating syllables. I guessedI heard – for sleep is subtle and no themeemerged as I awoke from … Continue reading →

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Separations

Posted on December 12, 2025 by sputterpub

Are we at heart our personalities?Do feelings need from me? Synapses reel…Considering dementia’s mysteries,I wonder what remains when neurons sealthe memory, or how some therapiessequester our emotions and appealto us to give them what we think they ask.Can I, bifurcated, … Continue reading →

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If He’s Okay (Grandparenting)

Posted on December 11, 2025 by sputterpub

If he’s okay, I’ll table my concern.I had a vision only yesterdayof child pain, but I’ll no longer churnif he’s okay. He’s 8. I well remember unkind playaround that age – cruel taunts and games that spurn.Protecting parents then, I … Continue reading →

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Chatty Local on Wheels

Posted on December 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Of what she needs I waiting overhear –a walker with a seat. Then she dividesher Reese’s Pieces with employees near,while sharing news collected from her rides.She parks her chair on carpet, and it’s clearshe likes to talk. Her presence here … Continue reading →

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A Safe Space

Posted on December 9, 2025 by sputterpub

Perhaps nobody wants to hear me pana mediocre book, or to attendher criticizing. That’s in no one’s plan,but we’re together now, and we can lendeach other ears. Six days we get to spendsome quarter hours in our room, the car,or … Continue reading →

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Toward Home

Posted on December 8, 2025 by sputterpub

We’ll touch down after 50 minutes more,but it will take me time and steps apacebefore I cross the threshold of my doorto see in my own mirror’s glass my face.And though I’ll savor home’s beloved space,I’ll have to rise and … Continue reading →

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Incipience

Posted on December 7, 2025 by sputterpub

Five hundred words or twenty minutes spent,whichever limit is acquired first,is all I plan to ask. That’s an extentattainable, for even with no burstof brilliance, I’ll transfer the tales I meant,by posing prose in paragraphs unversed.In sixty days or so … Continue reading →

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A Moment

Posted on December 6, 2025 by sputterpub

I wondered what to pray about, last night,within a gathering of mostly oldas I, and meditating by the lightelectrically provided. In that foldof sanctuary, one was uncontrolledand inarticulate, abruptly loud.That clap of voice inspired me to holdall judgment down amid … Continue reading →

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Intention 2026

Posted on December 5, 2025 by sputterpub

I sputtered, cut, and muttered for a while,but learned before that went on for too longthat few would need protection from my style.Retreating then to concentrate on song,and modifying efforts with a smile,I came to realize less and less was … Continue reading →

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Rather Not

Posted on December 4, 2025 by sputterpub

I didn’t fly to quibble or complain –my goal is soft reception, open eyesand ears – but I don’t welcome the disdainthat some beloved faces exercise.My purpose here is not to analyze,and no one says a lesson that I cravefrom … Continue reading →

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