Category Archives: Poetry

All Sweets Day

Posted on November 4, 2024 by sputterpub

At loose ends on a Friday close to 6,without a task ahead and feeling well,I have the yen to pen again, affixa nib to paper, let the blue ink flow.Without a pressing subject (nothing sticksin mind or begs to make … Continue reading →

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Far Out

Posted on November 3, 2024 by sputterpub

She must have meant her look to be extreme;those lashes perched like brushes on her eyes.I watched them give her trouble, with a seamof glue apparent. It was no surprisethey bothered her – with nails of lengthy size,she picked with … Continue reading →

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Second Person

Posted on November 2, 2024 by sputterpub

I screened a dream vignette the other night,a nondescript adventure, and a faceI never saw before. Without delightor deep intrigue we shared a brief embracebefore I woke, in some familiar place.I rose a little hungry for more view,receptive and adjusted … Continue reading →

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Fridays at 6

Posted on November 1, 2024 by sputterpub

There’s quiet satisfaction that I feelas soon as they come running through the door.Their energy is boundless, coursing, real,and I sit back, receiving hugs and more.High-pitched their voices greet me with a peal,for they are nearly 8 and almost 4.And … Continue reading →

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Toward Home

Posted on October 31, 2024 by sputterpub

When I return I’ll get to be alone.The only hum will come from bugs. I’ll burnsome time on streaming and my telephone,when I return. For solitude I’ve had the time to yearn.Companion comments have devolved to drone;the unintended resting-face is … Continue reading →

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Progress to Portland (ME)

Posted on October 30, 2024 by sputterpub

I’m noting scant diversity aboard.There’s sameness in the posture, heads, and skin.I haven’t seen expressions I’ll record,or heard an observation quick to spinmy mind through avenues that cast reward.But I am breathing salted oxygen,and filling with fall color softened gaze,alone … Continue reading →

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More Gullibility

Posted on October 29, 2024 by sputterpub

There’s unreliability in somedepictions of a character like mine(or yours as well). Describers may be dumb,or envious, or simply careless. Fineprecision isn’t usual. Combinethat with resenting any female grist,or family dynamics. I opinefrom sore experience, with sorrow kissed.

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Opposites

Posted on October 28, 2024 by sputterpub

So here’s the thing: she hums when she exhales,self-deprecating with complaining face.I’m opposite – my silence none assails,but I seem harsher than my thoughts embrace.Adopting patience now, receptive grace,no longer feeling adamant or stern,we each are our reverse. What’s more, … Continue reading →

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Back the Back

Posted on October 27, 2024 by sputterpub

I’m babying my neck and back today(though babies don’t ingest an oval pill).We’re relatively late to bus awayfrom Sydney’s pierage – 10 a.m. untilmid-afternoon, when we may start to sway.They warn a storm will blow and maybe spillsome Nova Scotian … Continue reading →

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Accidental Aphorism

Posted on October 26, 2024 by sputterpub

At table with four strangers, we engagedin pleasant conversation more or less.Amid strong personalities, none wageda war of words or politics. I guessa phrase was coined (by me, I here confess),to put in words a parent’s strategy:“I have their backs … Continue reading →

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