Tag Archives: poetry

Day 68: SAY THEIR NAMES

https://youtu.be/w6tH1gzPLpM SOCIAL DISTANCING | SOCIAL JUSTICE Video credit: The brief history of racism within the Minnesota police explained by reporter Rachel Maddow, MSNBC.  #GeorgeFloyd This morning my bedroom is dark.  An early morning thunderstorm blocks the sky.  It formed over Seattle, traveled 90 miles to reach Bellingham at 9:12.  It swipes across our landscape asContinueContinue reading “Day 68: SAY THEIR NAMES”

Day 47: Plague and Pestilence

https://youtu.be/jMLq2hSWpq8 Shower Thoughts: Vehicles today can surf the web, link to your phone, stream music and videos, etc.. but they still can’t perform a simple database lookup to tell you what the check engine light is on for. Good morning.  How ya’ doing today?  Are you up with the birds like me? If so imagineContinueContinue reading “Day 47: Plague and Pestilence”

Day 38: Raw Poetry

https://youtu.be/sJ-0XV9SRZU Northwest Washington is experiencing some rain this week.  Most of us are well equipped for walking in the rain, but if you can find a sunshine break to get in a mile or more of a walk it is perfect! The monthly poetry discussion group I’ve been apart of since October 2015 is meetingContinueContinue reading “Day 38: Raw Poetry”

Day 23: Is It Warm In Here…?

https://youtu.be/-RJZn3RgBAY Are Medusa’s leg hairs tiny snakes? Here is another poem draft.  It is the middle section of a longer poem.  I think it can stand by itself.  What do you think> After the Evening Shift The cat jingles behind us awakes an owl perched on a thick branch above prey prays quickly breaks passContinueContinue reading “Day 23: Is It Warm In Here…?”

Day 21

https://youtu.be/jEeSrdK883s How are you today?  How are your neighborhood and your city handling the pandemic?  Are you meeting up with friends and/or family online?  I enjoy visiting with my family. Once a week, at a scheduled time, we meet online to keep in contact with each other.  It makes me very happy to SEE they areContinueContinue reading “Day 21”

Crab

Crab Shannon Laws A foam washed wreckage to shore breath-bubbles pop in the thin light Early beachcomber fights the gulls for a freshly delivered treasure The minute before dawn you grab it’s back Carry it to your kitchen for a slow boil With a crack, a glut of juices spill out Lips suck at theContinueContinue reading “Crab”

Spoken Free Verse: Late for Overtime

Late for Overtime by Shannon P. Laws As I recover from a concussion ( please visit my Go Fund Me to learn more ) I thought this week was a good time to explore the audio files I have accumulated on my phone over the year.  Often inspiration strikes when I am away from aContinueContinue reading “Spoken Free Verse: Late for Overtime”

Poem: Words Work

  Words Work by Shannon P. Laws   Consume whole sentences into your being by writers who never flew, can’t be true Hide in ignorance, uneducated writers that mass of writers Eat those words Dotted on the page set for the digestive tract turned for blood I wallow in my own mind this clay ofContinueContinue reading “Poem: Words Work”

Interview: Bellingham Alive

Here it is!  Better late than never.  Folks were asking for the link to the Bellingham Alive article (November 2017 issue) by KATE GALAMBOS.   Kate touched on my writing, radio and Poem Booth work.  Thank you Kate, and THANK YOU Bellingham Alive for placing me next to my crush Rick Steves! http://northsoundlife.com/lifestyle/exploring-human-condition-art/ Bellingham has its artisticContinueContinue reading “Interview: Bellingham Alive”