Long Pta Poems

OTETS THE MANY DAYS AND NIGHT YOU LENT ME YOUR 
DIVINE EAR THROUGH PRAYER DURING HARDSHIP TIMES 
AND ILLNESS RAISING MY GRANDDAUGHTER KEEPING HER 
SAFE IN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS IN WISCONSIN OUR LADY OF 
MOUNT CARMEL...

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Begins with Hyundai's my stalker fatal attraction 
rushing in front of our disabled vehicle then rams break 
hard causing us to panic my spouse and I both disabled 
this has cause severe discrimination and victimization...

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We all feel like
dying to get out of here
at least sometimes;
a meeting
a relationship
a job
a car or bus or airplane
a house or apartment
a nation or state
a Party or clan
a faith community or PTA.

This is about the...

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2012 Celtic 2013 Shamrock 2014 choir music ministry 2015 helping my son care for his wife during chemo finally 2016 welcoming my granddaughter six weeks old whose mother was battling cancer watching their brave battle...

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Busy month my family very sunny here in Lakeland during covid July 1st  2020 filled with plans for the 4th of July and celebrating my husband and I wedding anniversary my granddaughter loved baking...

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Holy Mary mother of God the many blessings of the little flower saint Theresa the many miracles the hardship struggles of Mary Magdalene I’m reminded of my traumatic brain injury my falling off a flight...

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that dark place had returned although 
I tried to conceal it but there it was again 
it had been years through medication therapy 
mass singing in the choir nothing worked 
I reached out to the...

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Under a tall cottonwood tree that grows along the curb...
  two burly men stand next to a giant truck, and smoke one last cigarette...
          ...

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"You're lucky to have a daughter like her"
No she was not lucky
She alone knows the number of ribs her body broke over the years
She alone knows the amount of water her skin pores shed
She alone...

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What happened to us?

Now I fear you, hate you, loath you
Really want to kill you

You disgust me 
Distract me 
Distrust me, hate me
Really want to kill me.

Always forever
Remember forever and ever?
Marriage vows
Exchanged in glee
Baby you...

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as adults we must be accountable for our own behavior
if we expect the same from our children.
when children see political leaders in compromising positions, 
adults fighting in court rooms, PTA meetings and city council sessions
and...

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It was a cloudy Easter Sunday.

I went over to my grandmother's house for dinner.
 
We were getting ready to set the table. 

When she told me to get the champaign glasses ready.

As I reached into...

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Age 6…..	Passing the mirror, 
	she pulls at her cheeks, 
       	sticks out her tongue—
       	blonde ringlets encircle 
     ...

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As we wave goodbye to august 
the last picnic the last nature hike 
before the hustle and bustle of 
school starting summers ending 
moms hurrying children to get 
immunisation holding records 
transcript’s school bus schedule...

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not as bad as when 
she drunk-posted Sand 
and Water by Beth 
Nielsen Chapman in honor 
of her uncle's passing 
forgetting it had a line 
in it about their child together 
which made it seem...

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Being from Florida 
after a severe nervous 
breakdown I suffered 
social phobias anxieties 
fear panic isolated raising 
my children witness 
protection I collected 
every Disney movie 
every Disney book 
I wasn’t able to watch 
regular...

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Alabaster you say? Or is it a tombstone slab of lime?
I know my sister has decided to irritate me during this field trip.
Where did it originate? Did anyone see the vandals?
I have no words; knowing...

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I almost called you several times
I know it's been a while
I had the phone right in my hand
but never got to dial

Something kept distracting me
every time I tried
Babies crying, P.T.A.,
my son needing a ride

Two weeks...

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we got new red shirts from the PTA on Monday
It was comfy, so I wore it to school on Tuesday.
Then I texted McBride, my bestie.
Wear your new red shirt, I said, we can be twins.

She...

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Way Back Then When I Was Ten


Way back then when I was ten, I lived in Washington D.C.
The White House, Capitol and Monument were truly sights to see.
I remember taking a bus ride, downtown to...

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The Calloway’s mama was not unlike an octopus 
With tentacles in the PTA, the church, the A.A., 
She was involved in every aspect of whatever.
Her friends kept her abreast of what her six children were...

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People join together to be part of something bigger;
Working next to others can infuse our veins with vigor.
Keeping to yourself is fine, but then you are deprived
Of camaraderie, which gets our eagerness revived.

A book club...

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It's not a prerequisite, of course, but if a piece of writing is any good, chances are it's probably offensive to someone. (Paraphrasing John Irving-A Widow for One Year) So, writer beware...


Words are a writer's...

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OH NO! I'm late this can't be true
Where's my skirt and my other shoe!

I heard the alarm just once or twice
"WHERES THE KIDS??" Be patient, be nice!

I hate to see my bosses frown
Maybe I'll say...

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The leaves are gladly sacrificing themselves.
Like kamikaze pilots jumping from their branches.
Landing in piles like puppies do.
Squirrels in a frenzy.

Some leaves are red with yellow blotches,
I have found six red ones with a touch of...

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