by Linda Buckley | Dec 11, 2020 | News & Updates
“Watch, wait, write” Sherry Simpson “Be astonished!” Mary Oliver And so it was that I walked out to the Boy Scout beach at Eagle River during a rare December thaw, prepared to be astonished. And as this photo shows, frozen rain drops reflecting...
by Linda Buckley | Nov 29, 2020 | Poetry
Dear Cello, Your beauty bewilders. Such grace and poise carved from a tree. Tchaikovsky and Mozart wait beneath your spruce belly. You need only the pull of a horsehair bow or the pluck of a finger to release sonatas, suites, rhapsodies, concertos. I carefully draw a...
by Linda Buckley | Nov 6, 2020 | Pandemic Poems, Poetry
It was a home birth In a big hot tub. She slid into warm water in the middle of the living room. Her brother and sister watched the miracle. As she took her first breath A bird flew through an open window right over the new baby. Sister Luna, age three, Shouted...
by Linda Buckley | Sep 27, 2020 | News & Updates, Poetry
Morning doves Sing me into the day. I walk early Before a punishing sun Sends me searching for shade. Late blooming cactus Catches my eye. Her red orange blossoms Defying the heat. Buttery yellow stamens Beckon buzzing bees. Clouds gather bringing Breezes and relief....
by Linda Buckley | Sep 22, 2020 | News & Updates, Pandemic Poems, Poetry
“Mornin’ ma’am.” “Hi.” How long will this take?” “Just five minutes to hook up the modem” “Ok, could you please wear a mask?” “Honey, don’t you worry, I’m as healthy as a horse!”...
