Pretty damn funny.
Lost my bathing suit at gym.
Swimming my ass off.
Shhhh…..
Pretty damn funny. Lost my bathing suit at gym. Swimming my ass off.
Author: Janice
A creative. Lifelong Marylander. After many odd jobs of adolescence and college, have always worked as a writer and published essays, op-eds, articles, and poetry in national news media and small presses. Collection of poetry, "Saturday at the Gym", about boxing, aging, and motherhood; collection of artwork and poetry, "What Are Mothers For?" On the verge of an empty nest for the first time in 30 years, my question is: What am I for?
First Day of School
Summer ends. School starts. Safety patrols in neon Corral the buses
Summer ends. School starts.
Safety patrols in neon
Corral the buses
Fifty, 2
Unforgiving fabric Clings to every extra roll Fifty doesn’t care
Unforgiving fabric
Clings to every extra roll
Fifty doesn’t care
Fifty
Turning fifty now. It is not the new thirty. My smile lines crinkle.
Turning fifty now.
It is not the new thirty.
My smile lines crinkle.
Robert Plant’s Birthday
Tangerine sky dawns Clouds knit the blue-grey background Color everything
Tangerine sky dawns
Clouds knit the blue-grey background
Color everything
Monday
Cell phone chatterers Jaywalk on Seventeenth Street No one tries to stop
Cell phone chatterers
Jaywalk on Seventeenth Street
No one tries to stop
Walking with Ian
Speed-walking terns rush From the foam breakers and waves Bills full of sand crabs Key words: sea terns, breakers, walking, sand crabs, haiku
Speed-walking terns rush
From the foam breakers and waves
Bills full of sand crabs
Key words: sea terns, breakers, walking, sand crabs, haiku
Dive
Beautiful day dawns Brown pelicans take deep dives I follow their lead Key words: brown pelicans, ocean, swimming, daybreak
Beautiful day dawns
Brown pelicans take deep dives
I follow their lead
Key words: brown pelicans, ocean, swimming, daybreak
Tern Ballet
Beach walk in the sun Terns do ballet in the sand I pivot with theml key words: ocean, ballet, sea terns, dance, sun, beach
Beach walk in the sun
Terns do ballet in the sand
I pivot with theml
key words: ocean, ballet, sea terns, dance, sun, beach
Beach rain
Walking in the rain Taking shelter in my thoughts Cool August morning. key words: summer, rainstorm, walking
Walking in the rain
Taking shelter in my thoughts
Cool August morning.
key words: summer, rainstorm, walking