The inspiration for this poem is my beloved family homestead in Missouri. I can see, hear, and smell these sensory delights as I walk the land. I just returned from vacationing there for three weeks. Oh, the healing power of nature! Country Living Blessings Swaying amber wheat, Expansive spaces, Fresh cut red clover— Balm for …
Category: Poetry
Apr 04
Parkinson’s Awareness and National Poetry Month Connection
April is Parkinson’s Awareness month focused on spreading the word, educating yourself and supporting the cure. Five years ago what I knew about Parkinson’s amounted to very little. I equated the disease with tremors and knew about Mohammed Ali, Michael J. Fox and Janet Reno. However, when I was diagnosed with PD in 2014, …
Oct 18
Power Struggle
Eight days after Hurricane Michael made landfall in Florida on October 10, over 120,000 customers in the Panhandle are without electricity. Here was my way of coping with Hurricane Irma in 2017 when I was without power. I wrote a poem. Power Struggle My tunic hangs like a limp dish rag My skin feels like …
Aug 07
Dear Parkinson’s Membership Chair
Dear Parkinson’s Membership Chair, You have done it again! You have recruited another new member. I did not intend to join this group. Isn’t one million people in the United States with Parkinson’s enough? On May 13, 2014, you officially notified me. Not you exactly. But I suspect you were lurking in the neurologist’s …