It was a bright sunny afternoon, but I was curled up in bed enjoying a needed rest. English II, a course that thanks to its research paper, had filled me with dread was successfully behind me. And another semester, my first in the honors program, was only a few weeks away. Excited about my new … Continue reading THE BRIEF ROMANCE OF KATTI B. PREFACE
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Waves By Poetry From the Heart
Waves is a poem inspired by the varying moods of the heart. Like the waves of the ocean are moods change. Sometimes they are quiet and subdued, other times eager and laughing, and still others it pounds angrily upon the shore. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BJiKKqoLe4
Obedience
A Puppy Dream: Dog Poetry
A Puppy Dream was inspired by a picture I took of my little dog Happy. There was something in the way he looked out the window that gave me the feeling that in his own puppy way, he was reflecting upon his life. The expression on his face took on an air that I would … Continue reading A Puppy Dream: Dog Poetry
Woe is Me for My Puppy Dreams Have Met the You Tube Adpocalpse
It might sound like a strange title for a poem, but if you have a You Tube channel, especially a small one, than you are probably aware that for the past year or so the You Tube world has plagued by several incidents that has supposedly caused advertisers to pull their adds from the platform. … Continue reading Woe is Me for My Puppy Dreams Have Met the You Tube Adpocalpse
Success is Not My Friend
The poem, Success is Not My Friend, was inspired by my years of struggle to reach the unspoken dreams of my heart. Getting up early, traveling far, skipping meals when necessary, and working long into the evening to make my dreams a reality. Yet even though I worked hard, giving the effort my all, it … Continue reading Success is Not My Friend
If I Could Write
Most days my mind is filled with the tedious minutia required for survival. Important thoughts such as buying food to fill a hungry belly and ensuring a warm clean place to live and sleep overshadow everything else. The mind is overcome with too much anxiety and care to consider the grandeur of the universe or … Continue reading If I Could Write
Tired, Tired, I Feel so Tired
Tired, Tired, I Feel so Tired By Katherine B. Parilli Tired so tired! My body feels so tired. Like a weary shorn out rag I walk around in a worn out daze. My hallow body feels ancient and weighted down from some unseen place deep within; As if an indivisible foe is sucking the … Continue reading Tired, Tired, I Feel so Tired
Gentle Shepherd
Listening to the evening news causes my heart to ache as I hear of one sorrow after another. It seems that there is no end to the round of heart rendering crime, hatred, natural and manmade disasters that is robbing the inhabitants of this world of peace and happiness. As I listen to stories so … Continue reading Gentle Shepherd
What Does it Mean to be Me?
What Does it Mean to be Me? Who am I? I wonder. I love to write, But what doe that mean? I love to sing. I love to laugh. Music moves my soul, But what does that mean? I cry when I a sad, I exercise to get fit. I work heard when I … Continue reading What Does it Mean to be Me?
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