Today's Little Ditty

"Alphabet: Finding letters all over Berlin."   Martin Biskoping “There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, sin...

ARRINGA ZIZOO Arggghhh arringa! Blimeyblinger bellaboo, criminycracker, drattadringo dudderroo. Eurekagingha? Fibby finger? Goodie-go...

FIRST BOYFRIEND Adolescent basket case. Dizzy. Electrified. Forget Girlhood! Henceforth, I’ve jumped – Kerplunk! and landed on Maturi...

Memoir in ABCs Away bicycling, careening delight - everyday freedom gained. Happily invincible, just-like-that knowing life means no ...

PINK CARPET ALPHABET After her bath, cavorting diaperless (ever the fearsome gymnast) heroically she imitates Jiminy: kangaroo-leapin...

"Peace Dove" by Dylan Metrano While the world and current events can feel vast and uncontrollable, on a much smaller scale,...

CANCER, LOVE & HOPE Appalling breast cancer diagnosis Daughter edgy, frightened. Ghastly, harrowing information. Just knowing lov...

QUIBBLING THEORIES Marks in the desert sand, notations of a passerby. Observers puzzle, quibbling theories, until . . . realization: ...

A BEASTLY COMBINATION Angry bears + cranky deer + edgy ferrets + gloomy hippos + irritable jaguars + knavish llamas + moody newts + o...

Click HERE to read this month's interview with Carole Boston Weatherford. She has challenged us to write an abecedarian poem. ...

attentiveness blessing cast down each frozen fear, gently guide hate to imagine justice, know less, maintain the magic of noticing, nev...

WINTER WONDERLAND Autumn brings change and death. Every Fall, green hastens into a jumbled kaleidoscope of leaves. Marking Nature’s o...

ANNABETH BAKES CUPCAKES           an Abecedarian Badinage Annabeth bakes cupcakes  and decorates energetically with full, ge...

CONSOLATION diaphanous ethereal ephemeral eventide falls gossamer gilded hues illuminated jewel-toned kingdom: lake mist nestles over...

ASCEND Ascending beyond clouds determined eagles fly, gathering high intent. Jeopardy, karma, life might not observe peace. Quietly r...

CAROLE BOSTON WEATHERFORD Photo credit: Gerald Young Carole Boston Weatherford is the award-winning author of more than ...