Some can hardly wait to pile, then burn the beauty That floats to their yard from looming trees yielding Leaves of many patterns and jazzed hues, smelling fruity Lures kids rolling... Read more >>

Melodious musings … by the People’s Poet “Dreaming” Warmth caressing I close my eyes, Daydreaming beneath azure skies. White billowing softness floating high, On green... Read more >>

A poem by JB Ashley Another season, the familiar autumn, nature prepares for her winter’s sleep, before the first frost and deep white snow appears nature’s hand is at work, preparing the... Read more >>

For my sister Jan Fireflies in circuitous flight, Yellow torches flashing code In the fragrant Ohio night. Summer is here. Flashing on ... off ... nothing. “Oh, just wait. Wait ...”... Read more >>

I woke up one cold May morning, Hearing nothing but my heart beating, In silence I contemplate my own sadness, and tears fall down my face unencumbered, I feel nothing but a profound sense of... Read more >>

After many years of having the “tax day” creep up on me, I have finally found a few great guidelines to handling the last minute rush.  1)       GATHER... Read more >>

Twelve hours later I’m still trying to figure out exactly what David Chase was getting at in the series finale of The Sopranos. Twelve days from now, I’ll still be working on it. My own... Read more >>

Light a little candle (hell, make it a heat-producing bonfire): the warm season’s officially over, and with it the careless nights of sweaty kisses and tan-on-tan skin. And with the chilly... Read more >>

Autumn’s portfolio Renders vibrancy in colors From woodlands to valleys To rolling hills and rising mountains Trees shed their wardrobes In anticipation of spring fashion Though... Read more >>

Just when you’re sure winter will never end, suddenly spring arrives. What joy! Flowers start to show their buds and stick their noses out of places that once only looked cold and dead. Then... Read more >>