Another of my original poems to bring National Poetry Month to a close. Woman Who Loves Gardening I have dirty nails and rarely paint them, living out my…
Thank you Mary Oliver for reminding me of the simple things that surround me in morning. Morning By Mary Oliver Salt shining behind its glass cylinder. M…
There Is a Place There is a place where the museum houses thousands of paintings seen nowhere else in the world, the colors so bright they grab your eye…
Flower God, God of Spring Flower god, god of the spring, beautiful, bountiful, Cold-dyed shield in the sky, lover of versicles, Here I wander in April Co…
Daffodils I fell in love – Taken by the innocence of Child-face daffodils: Their perky April fanfares – Clarion calls from yellow-ochre brass bands Pres…
Tonight I was reading Good Poems for Hard Times , an anthology selected by Garrison Keillor. This poem supports my idea of looking for beauty in simpl…
A Prayer in Spring Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; keep us here All simply …
My name is Christy and home is where my heart is. I love drinking coffee, sitting by a warm fire, reading books, writing, baking, gardening, and collecting school supplies in my little house with my dog Riley.