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Rain today. Needed, but dismal Even the cat backs away from the open door. The dog falls asleep to the rhythmic sound on the roof. You gather your thoughts and remember what she said. I am fine. Just fine. The rain continues to fill your head with questions, Knowing she is not. #npm prompt: rain
Holding On
By scm | April 13, 2012
She held his hand, letting her thumb trace the spaces between his fingers His breathing, in and out, kept time to the ticking of the clock And then the clock stopped, And she knew she had to let go. #npm
Sleep
By scm | April 13, 2012
Sleep doesn’t come easily to me anymore. I fall asleep fine. But, if something interrupts my sleep, it’s all over. And I am finding the more I think about writing, the more I think about writing. The other night, the cat decided to jump on the bed and sit on my chest, purring loudly. Once [...]
(writing prompt: model your poem after another- I chose Geraldine Connolly, The Summer I Was Sixteen) The baby blue bug beckoned me, its body freshly washed, its windows shiny and waiting. I jumped in, my ripped jeans sliding onto the black seats. Giddy with joy. Turning the key, I pressed lightly on the clutch, and [...]
Writing a poem a day for #npm is pushing me. This one is unfinished; I will come back to it. The sun broke early that day. Too little sleep, long talks over bourbon into the night. Where’s dad, my confused mother said upon waking? Gone, I say, holding back oceans of tears. Calls to make, [...]
iPad
By scm | November 5, 2011
I never thought I would be linking to this….really. But I am finding I am spending more and more time with this thing. So here is a great resource for iPads in Education.
Are you a rule-follower? I am. After all, I was an Army officer’s first-born daughter, raised to curtsy and and speak when I had something “nice” to say. Now that’s not all bad. Rule followers and nice people can get pretty far in this world, so I don’t hold this against my parents too much. [...]
Finding wisdom to live and learn. Isn’t that the most important skill we can teach our children? Then why don’t we do it? Columnist David Brooks said in his book, The Social Animal, “Children are coached on how to jump through a thousand scholastic hoops. Yet by far the most important decisions they will make [...]