Shay's Word Garden (Poetry & Such Like)
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Lovin' Baby Girl
Monday, April 15, 2024
Word Garden Word List--Save Yourself
Hello my stylish scaredy cats! It is time once again for your weekly Word List, and this time our source is the novel "Save Yourself" by Kelly Braffet. I read it a few years ago and absolutely loved it. She has such a sharp eye for the nuances of relationships, and is quite good at creating an uneasy atmosphere as well.
I didn't even know, when I read her novel, that Kelly Braffet is married to Owen King, author son of Stephen King. Don't think for a minute, though, that nepotism got this one published; it's a great read. I purely lucked out in finding it in the local used book kiosk! My copy will never be in the book pound again, though. I'm keeping it in my hot little hands.
Orbit and Waterfowl
Sunday, April 14, 2024
Seaside Jump Rope Chant
Thursday, April 11, 2024
The Vivid Dead
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
April Begins In A Graveyard
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Laika
Looking up through the trees in my yard at night,
what does it matter that the stars we see are already dead?*
I look to God as my dog looks to me.
Still there? Good. Anything you want me to do?
Sometimes I think about Laika, the Russian space dog,
so happy (as I imagine) to be rescued from a pound,
given a job and a pack. Did she look to them
as my dog looks to me and I look to God?
They sent Laika into space though there were no sticks,
no fields, no soft bed, no pack to go with her.
She must have wondered where everyone went,
and been so bewildered and lonely.
Who's a good dog? Oh, you were, Laika.
My own dog looks to me as I look up to God
in tears and asking, still there?
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*required line written by Amy Woolard
for Dverse Prosery--Amy Woolard, hosted by my friend Dora. I don't normally write prose anymore, but made an exception.
Music: Tom Rosenthal It's OK