Bees and Tree Frogs
Sitting on a porch swing, rocking back and forth, coffee mug in hand, she closes her eyes and just listens. The sounds and smells of spring fill her senses…
The Real Summer Reading List (ending)
The Hunger Games: I should clarify – the movie, NOT the book. Why should a student spend a couple of hours reading a book when they could watch a movie in a…
The Real Summer Reading List (cont.)
If You Give A Mouse A Cookie: Few books teach children teenagers as much logic as does If You Give A Mouse A Cookie. As students often struggle to understand…
The Real Summer Reading List
Three things are certain in life: Death, Taxes, and Summer Reading. At the end of every school year, English teachers across the nation assign students summer…
Ripe Fruit
A late summer’s afternoon, You tasted things you’ve never tasted before. And you decided to stop deciding things, And just to feel. And to eat a mango, And a…
Summer Heat, Warm Smiles
Dicey lay by the pool for the umpteenth afternoon of an endless Summer. The weather, heavy with humidity and oppressively hot, was perfect for a dip. Too much…
Sanctuary
A river runs down I bid farewell To familiar land Summer brings new life Sanctuary I am enlightened Winter’s passing is near Inside of me I keep the summer
Looking Back...
It was the summer of transition. It was the summer of final adventures trying to be squeezed into too short of a time, long and endless nights spent out under…
Winter's Plea
Summer! Summer! Why do you forsake me so, my bride? The evening tide has left me cold. The morning breeze with chill unfolds across the fading sea. Have you…
Unforgivable Changes
I find myself wishing for the past again, for those long summer nights spent camping out beneath the dotted sky instead of this unfamiliar chill and loneliness…
Bittersweet Nights In The Midwest
We waited in the sweltering sun, tiny beads of sweat rolling gracefully down our bare arms. We hopped on the bus that would surely take us somewhere new. We…
Fleeting Seasons
The last desperate cry of the cicadas fill the air as the wind kicks up, dashing all my hopes of a lasting summer. Fleeting waves of heat flash through my…
One Of Those Nights With The Window Rolled Down
There it is again. That late summer chill to the brisk night air. The change of pace from the sweltering season of sticky nights laying out in open fields…
The Muse
She floats in through a window it seems, taking a seat next to me as naturally as sunlight in a forest. I look over, not all that surprised to see her, and we…
River Rats
Summer crawls around the bend, Simply paced, Too shy for rafting. Waters green with algae, Albeit beautiful with nostalgia. We boys see adventure around its…
Ulysses & The Prophet
I miss the euphoric moments we shared in those brief moments of infinity. The endless cornfields and the babbling brooks and the worn down paths and the…
Liquid Sunshine
A tired and weary day hangs up its blazing coat on the grove of stoic oaks standing tall in the yard. Hot, dusty air settles over the ancient wooden porch…
Summer Days
She allowed her gaze to wander lazily around the garden of her childhood home. She absorbed the pleasantness of the surrounding foliage, she couldn’t name of…
The Days are Getting Shorter
It’s getting colder. This morning I needed headlights, not sunglasses, to drive to school. My sweatshirt stayed on the whole day. My arms and legs had…
Summer Magic
There’s a magic time that announces summer has arrived. It’s not the warmer weather or the ending of another school year. It’s not the embarking upon of a long…