Thoughts of a Poet

Life is full of the ever-presence of moments. Every blink of an eye, every breath, every action and then it passes. On to the next. Some...

Tiny prints patter across the tree limbs, as they carry the weight of the white sheet layered elegantly across it. A bird skips along the...

Music is a script all its own and can tell a story in as short a time as three minutes. Perhaps more, or perhaps less. A dialect of notes...

My pen paces elegantly across the pages, as I carve stories into the shedded skin of a dead tree. The letters holding hands as they work...

January has arrived, the month that usually brings a bitter chill, and the first whisper of snow. The trees empty of their adorning...

Autumn always brings a swift chill to nature's landscape. The air has a calm sweetness, and the trees are covered in shades of gold and...

As we come to the end of August, autumn lies before us. Fall is a beautiful time of year, but I think an appreciation for summer poetry...

So many of my favorite stories have at least one scene or chapter that takes place in the woods. Harry Potter for instance, where Harry...

To be called odd, is frankly, a high compliment. After all, oddity means rare, and rare means unique. It has been my experience that to...

Reading a book on the beach is something that should be on everyone's bucket list. It's something people always talk about, yet never...

Some people love cloudy and rainy days, others find them dark and depressing. I don't mind the rain, for without it the flowers dare not...

Summer is the best time of the entire year to spend the evenings outside. It's the only time where after the sun leaves, you still feel...

Spring is a beautiful season, with new life abundantly covering the landscape. Flowers grow and trees bloom, with honeybees hard at work,...

Mother Nature has a way of calming the spirit. A walk in the woods, a tiptoe through a creek bed, or perhaps just lounging at the feet of...

I wish we still wrote letters. Everything we value, was written on papers and other materials before the now ever-evolving technology of...

Trains. Who doesn't love a good vintage train ride? Maybe a brisk ride through the English countryside. Or maybe you want a slow, scenic...

Shakespeare really spiced things up with his dramas onstage. His plays brought him reputation, fame, and credibility. They also in some...

There has always been a long-standing debate of books verses movies. For instance, you go to a movie with a friend, and they ended up...

Inspiration. It's what makes your writing you. Where your joy comes from. Your ideas. All the layers and flavors of what you create. What...

Ah, nothing beats a good book and hot cup of cocoa on a cold snowy day. Honestly, the highlight of winter is cuddling up with a fuzzy...