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Book Spine Poems

Book Spine Poems

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 13#PoetryFriday, 26_0313 I’ve always been drawn to found poetry. I love lifting someone’s thoughts, their subject, their words to create something new. I’m familiar with four kinds of found poetry. We can find poems in...
In the Spring

In the Spring

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 8 While thumbing the pages of an 1920 reader [one that was read by students a hundred years ago], I found a short verse. It spoke to me of spring, its beauty and life, connecting me to past years, to many a springtime with trees blooming...
Ghost Gardens

Ghost Gardens

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 4 We took a back country drive. Bright yellow daffodils were blooming–those beside houses and driveways and those seemingly out of place. Did you know that daffodils don’t grow wild in woods or fields? When your see daffodils in a...
Signs of Spring

Signs of Spring

March 2026 Slice of Life, No. 1 Yesterday, I said “Goodbye” to February. Today, I say “Hello” to March. For several weeks I’ve been looking for signs of spring, and what I saw called for a poem. SPRING Cold melts awaySun rises...
Like a Zephyr

Like a Zephyr

SOL26-0127 “I love you.” Be quick to say itBe sure to write itIt is never too often It will fill your spaceIt will warm your heartIt is comfort to your soul A zephyr of loveNow and in years to come -Alice Nine, 2023 A memory in print, like a zephyr on a...
In the Rain

In the Rain

SOL25-1125 High we held our umbrellasas we reached for each other,wandering through the cityin the springtime of our love. Raindrops played our sweet love song,echoing unspoken words,summoned us to dance ’til dawnto the rhythm of our hearts. Raindrops fell like...