joy ride

12 Jan 2026 18 Comments

by lynn__ in Uncategorized Tags: , , , , , , ,

“Time goes faster the older you get”
i realize it’s true, especially the good times

meandering multiplied (s)miles,
you and i on camping road trips;
every curve reveals

another vista of love’s wonder upon
bespectaculared smiling blue eyes,
mirror pools of creation’s beauty.

Quadrilles and smiles with De and dVerse poets today 🙂

for my brother

29 Mar 2016 36 Comments

by lynn__ in free verse Tags: , , , ,

 

Yesterday, you and I hiked steep slopes above timberline together.

Yesterday, we scrambled to the mountain’s rocky summit, shouting;

Yesterday, both of us could see for miles into the future’s glorious vista.

Today, we sit on this boulder, gulping for oxygen and squinting at horizon.

Today, trail is precarious scree and semi-obscured by fog of fears, tears

Today, we rub our aching muscles and commiserate with breaking hearts

But tomorrow…tomorrow will dawn brilliant where sorrow will be no more!
 

Linking this poem (revised from an earlier version) with d’Verse Poets today.  I’m hosting “poetics” with a mountain theme and the online pub opens at 3 EST.  Come join us!