Tag Archives: memories

Poem: Covered

  Covered by Shannon Laws   I am the grass. Let me work writes Sandburg   Grass fixes a battlefield with memory loss Pile up your second-hand mistakes bodies of unfinished work blood of sacrificed Saturday nights onto this field and wait— two years, ten Time heals but grass covers all.

Poem: Measured

  Measured by Shannon Laws   The one cup of measure mountained with flour mother pulls a butter knife from the silverware drawer taps it on the edge of the kitchen counter two times Pushing the jagged peak away onto the counter covered in wax paper she scrapes the knife’s flat back across the cupContinueContinue reading “Poem: Measured”

Poem: Treasure Box

  Treasure Box by Shannon P. Laws   Single spine of a roof cuts the home in half Living space on the right three bedrooms on the left down a long straight hall The house is their ribcage holds golden promises diamond hard hope and two children I see the white door smudged gray aroundContinueContinue reading “Poem: Treasure Box”

Pit Stop

  Pit Stop Early morning air whistles past the plant on the dresser, kicks at a scarf hanging on my bed post, then finds the place in my mind holding childhood trinkets.  I surprise myself, reacting in song.  I sing an old folk song handled and dusted by time, passed down generation to generation.  AnContinueContinue reading “Pit Stop”

My Secret Crush

During the song “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” by Queen, I bumped into a writer friend, Maria McLeod.  “Ready Freddy!” she shouted, “Freddy! That was the name of my secret crush!”  This comment got my attention. I, too, had a secret crush in school.   She shared her story, and I shared mine.  We each had a long lasting crush on someone for years, never told anyone. …“I dare you to blog about your crush.  To tell the world that you loved that guy all those years!” I shouted over the music.  She agreed to the challenge.