Tag: Poetry
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The Family Table
This dining table is worn and scratched, I don’t want it anymore; the wood is chipped, chairs don’t match, like the one at the furniture store. There it was, that modern shine, so beautiful and new; I found it so much better than mine, that table was on sale, too! “Remember all those family games?”…
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The Serviceman
My son called from college one day, “Mom, I’ve got great news!” He wanted to be a soldier, he said, “What have I got to lose?” “What a big decision,” I said, “Don’t walk into it blind,” “They’ll train me well and pay for school, Mom, I’ve already made up my mind.” My heart was…
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A Lesson In The Fall
Hues of orange and gold layer the floor beneath me, Members of the multitude of pastel trees, Floating ever so slowly down upon me, Dancing freely in the scented breeze. An everchanging kaleidoscope of color engulfs my eyes, My face kissed by sun-warmed air, A cloudless blue Heaven smiles upon me, The fingers of…
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Sea of Anger
I wrote this long ago… Sea of Anger Salt-scented breezes caress my skin beneath a blanket of blue As we glide across a rippling glass; My reflection dances in the liquid mirror As if to entertain my soul. An ebony sky intrudes, replacing a fallen sun, Fury will join in the night; Roaring rumbles…
Author Jodi Clark 