Proferring Order from disorderly Remedying Rings of corrupt rotation Fielding flotation Saving the self … you got to figure out which end of the needle you’re gon be, the one that’s fastened to the thread or the end that pierces the cloth. ~Hetty “Handful” Grimké, The Invention of Wings by…

Charmer Golden bright what light through yonder beaches breaks It is the window into my favorite time in the world Sunnier rises Perpetual outdoorsy playfulness Frolicaholic fare thee well I am Because you are Summertime There was a song in every heart . . . There was cheer in every…

Observantly You’re deservant to see beyond where you sit what you can New age prospecting Although numbers don’t really matter Fruitfully spying Opportunities Gourmet horizons One saw the mud, the other saw the stars. ~How to Stop Worrying and…

Orientation Gleaming streams Surround No joke folks Purposely posited Your preferential Treatment … the future was, very literally, in their own hands. ~2001: A Space Odyssey by Arthur C. Clarke Consider them puppeteers or imagineers, whomever or whatever you think controls our destiny definitely seems to have a ball crafting…

Immersively Purposeful profit A plan or spontaneous grand slam Instituting your instinct to follow the fountains seeding relief Sensing Sacred solutions Don’t waste your time hating a failure. Failure is a greater teacher than success. Listen, learn, go on. ~Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés I’ve…

About Townie When you’ve been jostled by too many timezone hoops To which you’ve finally landed But, OH NO, it’s during the… DUN DA DA DUNNN… dreaded destination ~ daytime À la a lengthy clock swapping stretch refrains in your mushy brain Yet, you aim to make it until…

All that Jazz This could only happen to a gal like me My Legendary Lottery Win It isn’t the spin you were assuming It’s about how I lucked out That I got him Doc Cool ~ Kuhl To any who’ve been schooled By his studious brain An erudite educational upbringing A top-notch fathering man…

Tick Tockery Upward in years Time clocks onward Downwardly dramatizing numbers Toying with your psyche Until you praise Authenticity Waywardly rebellious If y’all follow my lead Rockin’ your locks From top to bottom And all those cute cervices between Hairball Haribol! Supreme esteem They’re strands of glittery goodness. ~Mom, Dying…

Rebirthing Riveting ritual This baptismal bathing Remedy of rising Sympatico Stamping of approval A lyrical love letter Refrain Repetitive Ever ready renewal A’ohe lokomaika’i i nele i ke pāna’i (No kind deed ever lacks its reward) ~Ōlelo Noʻeau: Hawaiian Proverbs and Poetical Sayings by Mary Kawena Pukui I’ll continue holding…