by Mary E. Lowd
Sometimes my life feels like a budget
I need to balance
Allocating hours
To some activities, at the expense of others
Trying to optimize
My time Continue reading “More Sense Than Coffee Spoons”
Category: Poem
The Hourglass
by Mary E. Lowd
Am I the hour glass
Or the sand passing through
Its gossamer waist
One grain at a time? Continue reading “The Hourglass”
Zoetrope
by Mary E. Lowd
You only see a zoetrope of my life
Sampling more regularly sometimes
Less regularly others
And yet you know me so well Continue reading “Zoetrope”
Merriment Better than a Crown
by Mary E. Lowd
The lion, coyote, and bear
Argue and fight
Who is best?
Who is right? Continue reading “Merriment Better than a Crown”
The Luna Moth’s Moon Tree
by Mary E. Lowd
She tends her own tree
Unbothered by the chaos below
They have nothing she needs
Only chaos to sow Continue reading “The Luna Moth’s Moon Tree”
The Fractal, Patchwork Fabric
by Mary E. Lowd
I am a patchwork quilt
Of experiences
Scraps of lines from movies
Strips of characters from TV shows Continue reading “The Fractal, Patchwork Fabric”
Of Jupiter and Daffodils
by Mary E. Lowd
Rings and whorls
Spinning swirls
Of jovial daffodils Continue reading “Of Jupiter and Daffodils”
An Email Sent to Myself at 3:10am
by Mary E. Lowd
SUBJECT LINE: Poem
In summary
I’ve decided
That revelations
—probably—
Are not a limited resource Continue reading “An Email Sent to Myself at 3:10am”
Not Quite a Revelation
by Mary E. Lowd
I quietly sit
And experience something profound
While none around me
Can tell
Long Chrysalis
by Mary E. Lowd
I feel like I’ve been moving backward
Through all the liminal spaces
I’ve passed through before
Returning to the places
That formed me Continue reading “Long Chrysalis”