Tag Archives: imagination

Current Flights …

Posted on October 6, 2021 by peri, poet.

. You know your life is too quiet and covid-isolated still when you begin talking to houseplants: A new leaf, little Fern? What a lovely idea. We should all be so lucky as to turn over a new leaf or … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged covid, imagination, Life, Loneliness, Poem, poems, poetry | Leave a comment

Let there be light.

Posted on February 24, 2017 by peri, poet.

. I don’t know much for certain. I imagine God looks down or over and thinks: “that one…enough of the tests for awhile, enough pushing her to the limits let us click heels knock three times sprinkle fairy dust wave the magic wand … Continue reading →

Posted in Divorce, Forward, Stories | Tagged chin up, faith, God, imagination, Life, Poem, poetry, religion, Spirituality, the universe | 2 Comments

Spirits.

Posted on January 28, 2017 by peri, poet.

. In my youth, I stared at black-and-white photos wherever I might find them: in history museums, antique shops, estate sales, or on the walls of friends’ and relatives’ houses. I was especially drawn to old portraits in which the women wore long dresses and … Continue reading →

Posted in Change, Loneliness, Stories | Tagged imagination, Life, memoir, musings, photographs, poetry, portraits, Reflections, spirits, thoughts | 3 Comments

Mountain climbing,

Posted on October 13, 2016 by peri, poet.

. we held onto scraggled lilacs in a row of rocks a divide no stepping upon lawn on either side one lush yet barren of all but rusted chaise or two small grandchildren chasing each other some weekends, the other in shade uneven clumps … Continue reading →

Posted in Children | Tagged backyards, childhood, childhood friends, escape, Friends, Friendship, growing up, imagination, imaginings, Life, play, poems, poetry | 2 Comments

Sipping novel tea

Posted on January 28, 2016 by peri, poet.

. The house is inexplicably chilly today – she feels it in her bones, honest ones by way of the moors and heather and cliffs overlooking the sea, stone rooms, great halls, oaken beams moss greens and aubergine, layers of linen, woolens, and hand-made lace, copper … Continue reading →

Posted in Stories, Winter | Tagged books, fiction, hope, imagination, Life, poems, poetry, Scotland, seasons, Spring, Winter, Writing | 16 Comments

Trip of a lifetime…

Posted on January 17, 2016 by peri, poet.

. She is planning a marvelous trip, the only destination: Away, far from the noise of You Shoulds, over near Kind for a Day, leaving behind brattle and scourge, down to the river Just Play, near to the county of Heart, where all … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Stories | Tagged imagination, Kindness, Life, Love, musings, poems, poetry, travel, Trip of a lifetime, Valentine's Day | 2 Comments