Reflection on writing and mortality.
Reflection
Tag: death
Reflections at Age Ninety-nine
Bunny Moon reflects on her life as she approaches her 100th birthday.
Booked to Heaven
I wrote this after my mother told her three sons that she was ready to leave this earth after living to the age of 101.
Private Passageway
A poem about aging, reflection and lost opportunities. However, dreams in retrospect provide a way to rewrite history.
4-12%
A father dealing with his chronic illness and his fears for his young daughter. A mother trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in the chaos.
Crypt in the Sky
please don’t bury me beneath
this ground, don’t let me decay
Almost End of a Line
This poem reflects my love of mythology, teaching and learning, and above all of the ways in which words collide.
A Split Second in Time
An eclectic interpretation of mood and a mix of form.
Hunting Season
This comes from my earlier work at a rural Appalachian Ohio convenience store that also doubled as the area’s location for deer tagging.
hot iron
A caution against procrastination.
Superlatives
Centered on the often chaotic and ridiculous nature of existence.
From here on in:soaring
In memory of Gordon Lightfoot passing.
Making Friends the Deadly Way
Can you recall a time when you didn’t fit in? Tyrone finds a path to popularity, only to discover its source bursting with radiation.
Marilyn In Miles
“Marilyn In Miles” is my attempt to process the loss of my stepmother, Marilyn, who died from cancer last summer.
This Time of Year
A reflective piece of poetry, that asks the what-ifs of this life, pondering the duality of life and death and missed opportunities.
Please
please do not bleed,
not right now.