Category Archives: Poetry

South to Solitude

Posted on June 16, 2025 by sputterpub

Selecting carefully among the foodsavailable amid voracious kids,and co-existing with some attitudesdelusional and maybe on the skids,no discontent or hot complaint intrudes.I move and sleep enough. What here forbids,forestalls, or forms will end in half a day,when I’m at home … Continue reading →

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Flags & Amulets

Posted on June 15, 2025 by sputterpub

Considering a flag or banner placedupon a wall or on a window pane,it signifies a welcome where embraceda fellow’d be, distinguished from the mainconveyance of connection to a mastthat serves as call to rally round and sing,to follow into battle … Continue reading →

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Sitting Sat

Posted on June 14, 2025 by sputterpub

Two quarter hours sitting in the suntoday, away from home and every chore,I processed stillness as a sort of fun,and felt I needn’t ask for any more.But I was with a relative who’s oneI like to visit. And I also … Continue reading →

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Mt Hood Scenic RR

Posted on June 13, 2025 by sputterpub

I bid the kids to photo what they tookfrom chugging gently on this slope today.The five of us were seated for a lookat Hood and its environs. I’ll conveysome words, but they could try to make a bookof this experience. … Continue reading →

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Settling on Stillness

Posted on June 12, 2025 by sputterpub

Like any animal, I note what moves.No matter if it’s predator or prey,attention’s caught by motion and behoovesat least alertness. Mostly I obey,but evolution sometimes disimproves,and veers from wisdom’s route so far away,I am resisting instinct’s pattern, tillI reap the … Continue reading →

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10 More Blocks

Posted on June 11, 2025 by sputterpub

I haven’t paced so far without a restin many months. I cannot recollectthe last time, and I never would have guessedit could be quite this easy. I’d expectto feel my knees – I wear an 8-pound vest –but I am … Continue reading →

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Many Steps

Posted on June 10, 2025 by sputterpub

Intending yesterday to walk todayto work, a trek I’ve made a time or three,I went to bed and rested, but the waymy legs at 3 am appeared to be –a little stiff and almost sore in knee –encouraged that I … Continue reading →

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Presbycusis

Posted on June 9, 2025 by sputterpub

Refusing hearing aids (we don’t know why),the conversation suffers even morethan when it simply angered me to cry(unfiltered and so harsh she was before).No matter how on telephone we tryto garner sense, it’s ever trending poor.In person even we can’t … Continue reading →

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Transfer Fail

Posted on June 8, 2025 by sputterpub

It wasn’t till I reached into my packto pull my wallet for the snacks in hand,that I perceived its absence. Round my backan empty pocket made me understandI had no wherewithal. But from my standI didn’t fret. I felt surprised … Continue reading →

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Bluggage

Posted on June 7, 2025 by sputterpub

I measured my old suitcase yesterday.Equipped with its dimensions, I then soughta case of like size and two wheels, the wayI like a bag designed, that can be broughtto lugging angle, tipped to follow, caughtby handle. I don’t need much … Continue reading →

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