A shift that has started in my writing is absorption. For the previous decade, poems came to me, loudly, processing through my mind and body and shooting out my fingertips to the page. I appreciated the clarity of the thought. What’s happening now is I hear the poem and just friggin’ savor it.
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These Things Shall Pass
Do you know what the best day to be at Disneyland was? September 12, 2001. On the day after September 11th, while all planes over the skies of America were grounded, my neighbors loaded up their Subaru and drove like a bat out of hell to Disneyland. They were a young Disney fanatical-couple with earlyContinueContinue reading “These Things Shall Pass”
A Thick Ring Year
Written: Wednesday, December 10, 2008Living on an island that is only 55 square miles is starting to work its magic into my mind and heart. If I was a tree this “ring” year would be a thick one, meaning that there was more than enough nourishment, sun, rain and love through out this year toContinueContinue reading “A Thick Ring Year”
shannon p. laws 