i am grateful
I scribbled this poem during one of my writing group sessions in spring 2016 when I was still caring for my mom who lived with Alzheimer disease. I was…
blow by blow
I’m kinda cranky with the universe these days cuz I’m not gittin what I want! I’ve tried being patient, but my patience is being tried: it’s been like this for…
please don’t
please don’t © 2019 punkie please don’t please don’t tell me how i should feel don’t look at me askance when i refuse to share your views…
cheated
Ever have one of those days, weeks, months, years or even lifetimes? Feel like fate is against you? Want to kick its ass? Me too. This poem is about that….
funeral pyre
funeral pyre © 2019 punkie funeral pyre maybe it wasn’t a bad thing to have burned your book that day. It might have been a good thing,…
this poem just died
this poem just died © 2019 punkie this poem just died © 2019 Susan Macaulay . I invite you to share my poetry and posts widely, but please do…
sleigh ride: reprise
February 2, 2019: It’s a BEAUTIFUL winter day in Mississippi Mills, and, earlier, as I sat with my morning tea, I imagined what it might be like to go on…
Protected: make-up
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63 things I’m grateful for on my sixty-third birthday
Today, January 28, 2019, is my sixty-third birthday. Below are some of the things, in no particular order, that I’m grateful for today and every day. When I started…