Cathy’s poem, “TELEPHONE OF THE WIND” rings a bell with me during this early Christmas season when we are planning this season’s festivities. We remember past friends and family no longer with us. Sometimes something we wish we had expressed enters our memories . . . Matt Wakefield and John Prentice wrote this about the […]
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In a recent NESTER post, Maureen published FOUR SUMMER HAIKU. You are invited to read her TWO FALL HAIKU and pause for a few minutes to discover where your imagination takes you in interpreting the haiku.
“I’ve always been attracted to this form and enjoy the mental challenge of working with the five, seven, five syllable structure. I love nature and Haiku are traditionally meant to evoke the natural world so that’s another reason I’m drawn to this form of poetry.”
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Mike Cohen returns to the NESTER with a prose piece you will find timely to the fall season. It’s late October and the holidays and new year are only around the corner. A time, perhaps, to reflect on the past year and a project enthusiastically added to a new year’s resolution that remains unfinished and nagging at us to get it done. Might be a project like a scrapbook, a garden addition, recipes to prepare, or a skiff to build in the garage. There is still something there in the mess that begs to be finished.
You must read it to the end to discover a surprising solution!
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A Pacific Northwest native, I have been writing poetry over 40 years. My poems reflect a woman’s journey through the later years, with recurring themes of loss and renewal. I have read at many local poetry venues and am a member of Seattle Poets Table. My first book, If the Moon Came Out Only Once
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The NESTER has previously featured Maureen’s wonderful photographs of Maui and the Cascades. In this post you will be delighted to reflect over Maureen’s 4 summer Haiku. About her interest in writing Haiku, Maureen tells us, “I’ve always been attracted to this form and enjoy the mental challenge of working with the five, seven, five syllable structure.” She adds “I love nature and Haiku are traditionally meant to evoke the natural world so that’s another reason I’m drawn to this form of poetry.”
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I am delighted to share with you a poem sent to me by Patricia Hammill on my recent birthday. Patricia penned MORNING, her first poem, in 1956 when she was nine years old and lived in Wenatchee, Washington. Patricia reveals in this poem what will be a theme in many poems written during her life
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Carole writes “. . . this island has cast a spell over me.” For “fisherfolk” this is not an uncommon emotion. Whether it’s making a living fishing, and, perhaps, living on a boat or an island, it’s a “spell”. My brother Ken used to say, “Three days out to sea on a fishing boat and all the world falls away.” All of life is centered on the sea, the boat and catching fish.
Carole calls this spell “crazy”. It is also “romantic”. Nothing will quell this urge to leave the world behind except to set a compass course north to Alaska and scoff at those ashore who note that the catch predictions are “iffy” this year.
Tim
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Adolescence, that time of life when what is desired, what is possible, and often what is acceptable are far apart – each from the other. In Summer Movie, the poet is an adult reflecting back to a time in her life when what her mother expected from her and for her finds what is desired unimaginable.
Cathy’s poem is both humorous and poignant at the same time. Didn’t we all, girl or boy, at some time in teenage years want the impossible?
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Mike Cohen, poet, story teller, and novelist, returns to the NESTER with a poem he describes as “ . . . perhaps a country western ballad in search of music”. Mike adds, “I like it.” We also like it and so will you. Although this is the first “country western ballad” included in the NESTER, we do have avid country music fans receiving this email. So, this is for you!
Mike’s poems, short stories and novel excerpts have appeared in several literary magazines. In addition to writing award winning short stories selected for publication, his stories have been anthologized and reviewed.
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You are invited to spend time today reading Cathy Ross’s
new poem, EQUILIBRIUM and revisiting Mike Cohen’s poem ARISE.
EQUILIBRIUM, and ARISE, speak to those times when we are in transition from one stage in our lives to another. During those times, we often find ourselves uncertain and confused. What we are doing isn’t working and what lies ahead is puzzling and causes anxiety. While EQUILIBRIUM’S subject is about those anxious times, ARISE is a call to action. You and I must “dig” deep and find the courage to sing a new “song”.
You will find Mike’s poem, ARISE in the FEATURED posts in the menu.
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