When was
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Author: Beth
writer, teacher, yogi, meditator, dreamer.
Pandemic Poem #37
Are you going to be
the same person
at the end of the pandemic
as you were
at the beginning?
Pandemic Poem #36
Distilling my day
into words
should not be so difficult.
Pandemic Poem #35
In July, migraines make mornings start
before meditation and journaling.
The heat you went to bed with
is the heat you wake up with.
My Mom: A List
Things my mom got wrong:
- Toni home perms
- Veggie soy patties and homemade pancakes
- Blue eyeshadow
Pandemic Poem #33
Neighborhood, 3.2 Another sleepless night ebbs into a morning of walking
Pandemic Poem #32
How do people live
the unexamined life?
Why is it so hard
to learn from our mistakes?
To see them as lessons
Pandemic Poem #31
or, Things Learned Walking 5 Miles on the Solstice
East to West, Roundabout
The distance traveled by
a roadkill raccoon's liver
is twice that
Pandemic Poem #30
First day cycling since fall.
Why not sooner?
Come home to nap
on the deck
Protest Poem #1
Knowing a person
is not the same as
knowing a person.
Meditation 6.10.20
I was very aware before meditating of being in a very scattered, very headspace energy. I have just started a new relationship (not entirely sure it qualifies as a relationship yet, simply a new friendship?) and when this happens in my life, my thoughts always pull me out of the energy of the moment
Pandemic Poem #29
Why should this be difficult?
Lyrical linkage of worldly words
into phrases and pages
5 Unique Ways to Start a Conversation With a Widow
Seems my family and friends are having great difficulty talking to me since my hubby's death five and a half months ago. In that time, exactly a dozen people (excluding my teaching colleagues, whom I see daily) have been in touch with me the person, not me the widow.
NYE in Nashville 2020
No dress to press
No boots to scoot
No lipstick swiped in a rush
Pandemic Poem #28
Wake at six, nap at nine, second date and three miles from eleven to one
Life has been reduced to numbers.
Connecting the dots correctly
Words by Beth 