human interest articles

Before During & After COVID I am Told I Overthink

(Spoken Word) I am told privately all my life appears to be “one multi-dysfunctional shipwreck” by friends lovers and precious family AND that my poetry/prose needs punctuation AND that I care far too much about others AND that my art is disturbing to one’s heart (yes, I am/was banned from a prominent social […]

It’s Easy to be a Cynic

Observations While Waiting for my Beloved Car A 2006 Subaru Legacy (8th visit in ten weeks): While visiting with Mr. Ronald in Management at a stunningly organized Subaru dealership, we discover what I call “angry humans” and he calls the same humans “cynics”. He is delightful to converse with and is a huge […]

In the Name of Ecological Positivity

A refurbished bike gifted many years ago by my strong and loving six-foot five-inch brother ~ A Viet Nam Veteran who dies fifty years later from Malaria contracted in ‘Nam ~ He saves my life three times over multiple years Each time it is from a near-drowning even though I am a […]

Amazing Grace

“Little Armored One” for Julia Grace

I promised my stunning grand-daughter, Julia Grace, the following Spoken Word writing six months ago on May 18th: The Armadillo is nine-banded. Nine-banded armadillos have no front teeth. They have 28–32 teeth in rows in the backs of their mouths. They are primarily nocturnal animals yet when the weather is cold they may only be […]

Miracles & Soul-Shatterings

Note: The initials ABD, are widely recognized in the world of Education: “all but dissertation”; this is the final paper in pursuing one’s doctoral degree and is needed to officially complete one’s Ph.D. degree. (Spoken) So. What did I do? How did I do it? Where did it take me? Did the […]

One Dream

(Spoken) Money will not matter. At all. Politics will not matter. All religions will be respected by all humans. Young Japanese women will cease taking their own lives. Men will find peace-filled goals for their energies and creative arts. First Nation women will stop ending the very breath upon […]

Heal Now

It seems the entire world is filled with free-floating and rampant anger mixed with a sick and disgusting sense of raucously demeaning hearts presenting frozen meanings. How? Why? What do we do? Where do we go? How do we handle this? May we escape this fiasco? Or Is there something we might do […]

Broken Dreams Shredded Hearts

(Spoken) Speaking ceases due to A ban from social media and Because of artwork Supporting Earth’s care Friends expose frustrations Family coping harbor mental issues No connection to me I am a sitting wasted piece of motherhood No connection to you Or the world Or nature Or the seas Or … love […]

Possible Alignment

(Spoken) Is there any way to align my heart with yours? No. No. No. Maybe… No, It hurts and is depressing and despairing and full of unscripted pain. Yet has no reasoning for my sore and stomped brain upon which to latch. So, can I believe that humans can […]

Heal

I know It hurts Yet Instead of attention Promises Ego Devastating ridicule It is a reminder that we must Begin again Let go Be steeped in Presence What is important? Begin again And again And make no assumptions We were not there In their shoes with their emotions in their past Take NOTHING personally […]

Not About Me

(Spoken Word) No. Not one. Ever. It is a fairytale. Or a joke. Or a bedtime story from a lover. And yet, why? Why have I spent my life believing someone would save me? This is not about me. Yet I know not why I hold this belief. And why the thematic […]

Pools of Angry Humans

(Spoken Word) COVID lends itself to the world as a good-enough reason to become angry, be angry, and stay angry No matter who it emperils. Although sometimes it can become farcical it most of all hurts the actor playing the role of “angry human”. Suicides, mental illnesses, murder rates, and WHAT ELSE […]

One Reflection

(Spoken word) Over two years of isolation so far Will it crest will it will it ever be over or Will we live as we did after World War I and then World War II and why Why Oh, why, dearest Higher Power of my understanding Please Can you […]

Seeking Bandit

Jenny wakens to a beloved yet missing dog. He escapes the fencing and runs off with his dearest buddies. We cannot find him. We wait. His name is Bandit. He has stolen Jenny’s heart. Please return, dearest Bandit. We wait, eyes searching. We listen, ears tuned to Bandit’s vocal communications. And, […]