Oscar Wilde said, “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” The day before New Year’s 2013 my eyes are everywhere but the stars. I feel like I’m in the gutter. I am one of an estimated two million in the U.S. whose emergency unemployment benefits ended DecemberContinueContinue reading “Star Berries”
Author Archives: Shannon Laws
Christmas Card 2012
Thank you for visiting Madrona Grove. With over 16,500 visitors in two years, you have given me a wonderful present! In a few weeks I’ll launch the first poetry book from this blog: “Madrona Grove: Poems Written Under the Canopy” My “staff” and I will make sure you’ll know how to purchase a copy for yourContinueContinue reading “Christmas Card 2012”
Poetry: Arrow
ArrowV shaped dots in the skyPurpose drivenDirection sureGroup effort How majestic to know
2012: Go Monk
A pause for thought on December 21, 2012. Do I get dinner before the world ends?
Poetry: Love Lock
II have a poemI will not throw awayby accidentor on purpose:The morning lightcuts through the treeswaking the birdsto their songLeaves stretchfor the sun,fish jump atthe dragonfly,deer’s in the meadownuzzle at the grassIIHow far will yougo for loveBefore you accept itmust you test it?Before you cradle itmust you birth it?Before you kiss itmust you grasp it?MindContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Love Lock”
Poetry: Apple Tree Orphan
“And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade. And the boy loved the tree… and the tree was happy.” -The Giving Tree by Shel ShilversteinApple Tree OrphanAmong the green majestic towersBeneath the canopy looking for sunA young tree growsDiscarded by its ownerThrown from the potConsidered waste and unfruitfulThe parents of the forestshed and sharetheirContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Apple Tree Orphan”
It’s Time for Ham
OK, true story:One holiday four generations of family are all gathered together in the youngest daughter’s new home for a rare time together. This is her first time hosting a family dinner. Her mom is helping her with the ham. The daughter plops the large ham into its pan and asks the mom, “OK whatContinueContinue reading “It’s Time for Ham”
Poetry: Green
GreenOh, to be the type of greenthat stays green through the frost,when the ground is white andbranches are heavy with Winter’s weightBrown, red, orange,the colors of fallmost greens do faderetracting in the cold airFreezing, or the warm summers sunto be green in all seasons,fresh to the touchever holding the color of LIFE!
Book: Two Poems Pub Here!
Through the Eyes of IslandersThe Beauty of the San Juan IslandsBy The San Juan Islands Photographic Journal Second EditionIt is an honor to have my poetry amongst the work of so many wonderful island photographers. -S.P. Laws”This beautiful eBook is filled with images by San Juan Islanders. Curated by famed National Geographic photographer David Hiser,ContinueContinue reading “Book: Two Poems Pub Here!”
Poetry: Spiders Dream
Moths fly in flocksin my dream, Spidersride their backsbinoculars at all eyes.Predator owns the meat,venom at the fangdrips down the reinsscopulas grip tight.The threat of death makes moths fly longer than they should.Heavy burden to carryeight legs more your own.Spider’s spurscan not keep the moth from a porch light.So strong that pull,positively phototactic!Oh spider, you can ride a moth and steer it some,but never can you make it NOTContinueContinue reading “Poetry: Spiders Dream”
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