for you & me & everyone
This post is about the fact that what we experience on an individual level is the same as what we are now experiencing on a global level, and one day…
another, another day
I was inspired after sharing an anonymous poem entitled “another day” to write my own on the same theme. Here it is: another, another day © 2018 punkie another,…
just another day by day
“It’s just another day as far as I’m concerned,” my friend Kathy said to me on Christmas Eve when I reached out for some support. Sharing my feelings is a…
see the me that’s me
I wrote this poem while doing some research on Asperger Syndrome, but it expresses the feelings of many of us who are differently wired. see the me that’s me ©…
i am the river
This poem was born out of conversations with a friend about connection, sharing self, vulnerability, relationships, boundaries and more. I believe our true feelings often remain unspoken; they flow like…
a little piece of nice advice
Please don’t take this the wrong way, but I don’t want your advice. I really dislike unsolicited advice. I find it patronizing and offensive. I know, I know, people are…
three little kittens
three little kittens © 2018 punkie who could help but be smitten, by three little kittens, as they snuggle up in the hay? they’ve no interest in mittens, these…
my darling clementines: christmas reflections from morocco
Susan notes: Carolyn Thériault is a Canadian expatriate who lived in Turkey when she wrote this blog post; she now lives in Spain. Thériault is the author of Stealing Fatima’s Hand,…
dark humour poem seeks title: feel free to make suggestions
Wrote the poem. Can’t seem to come up with an appropriate title. Ideas welcome. as yet untitled © 2018 punkie no one would know if i dropped dead…