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Blank Page

This empty space, a white light reminding  me to write something,  express some thought,  forge a poem by linking  words to form an image,  evoke a memory,  connect emotion  to some bright spot  of my everyday,  but this morning  the curser blinks  incessantly,  and I sit, uninspired,  and that becomes my only offering. —C.L. Fisher,Continue reading “Blank Page”

Daffodil Prayers

“Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares, and take the winds of March with beauty.” — William Shakespeare. I wondered at the vibrant yellow, the rich saturation of this bowing daffodil, the happy hue  of a fluted bloom that greeted  me this morning, It seemed the sun had poured in its warmth, filled it  withContinue reading “Daffodil Prayers”

Poets

Poetry is an echo asking a shadow to dance. — Carl Sandburg There are poets because pain and joy are intangible  but real, manifestations  that can sometimes  sound like mud or feel like purple. —C.L. Fisher, March 2021 Unless otherwise indicated, all content, including writing and images, are the work of C.L. Fisher and mayContinue reading “Poets”

Reflection

Lines of wisdom descend  from the corner of my eyes to my temples, new gray strands extend from my roots, highlighting a maturing face, and I am content to see my father’s eyes, my mother’s slender jawline, and other family echos, inherited traits that combine to make this one unique and imperfect face, wrinkled, seasoned, wearing a sketch ofContinue reading “Reflection”

Soon

Along some sweet stream lined with tall grasses, sunshine, and willow trees, we will have a picnic lunch, luxuriate under a canopy of green leaves, find dragons and butterflies in the wispy clouds the gentle winds bring, and wonder why we ever doubted spring. —C.L. Fisher, February 2021 Unless otherwise indicated, all content, including writingContinue reading “Soon”

Courage

Courage: from the Latin root ‘cor’ meaning heart What story dwells  just inside your chest, pushing against  your ribs,  making it hard  to breathe in,  gnawing at you  to speak it out? We were made  to communicate,  exhale the who  of ourselves,  relate through  our stories,  for the speaking  changes everything. Lean in and attend,Continue reading “Courage”

Gathering

This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.—Alice Waters The trudging through a year of a destructive virus and a week living through a historic cold weather event, the separation from illness and ice, the layered-effect straining us past anContinue reading “Gathering”