Category: what fifty looks like

What A Poem Can Be

Magic Solo Cup, ©2014. Photo. A Moment Without Lament I am happy today to have learned that a poem can be a moment that it need not be a lament even if I am lamenting for that would only make a lamentable moment for you my reader. Sarah Figlio, ©2014.

Find A Kinder Way to File Your Complaint

Another poem in evolution…when is a poem done? It’s so much like painting! Arid-zona Gardening Find a kinder way to file your complaint with the universe. This directive jotted on the flap of an envelope, left like a trail of seeds to lead me back towards the origins of the thought. The communiqué’s destiny the overflowing recycling beneath the sink, its… Continue reading Find A Kinder Way to File Your Complaint

The Quilter

The Quilter Persistent frustration of the quilter no simple nimble thimble will join a story square by square. Stitching never flows like hot grease in a skillet. To craft this story persuasive, she must baste and join it stitch by stitch then cleft it in half to suture it whole. Sarah Figlio, ©2014.

Run Catch Kiss and Getting Over Stage Fright

Run Catch Kiss I am mulberry-stained knees. I am pre-pimpled, freckle-cheeked perfection. I am cherry dimples barely concealed by the fringe of Wrangler cut-offs. I am a gold-streaked halo of lemon vapor and apricot shampoo. I am grubby toenails, bare-feet flying like heat lightening through fresh-mowed grass—its perfume a vetiver veil and I am high… Continue reading Run Catch Kiss and Getting Over Stage Fright

Spring Cinquain’s from Textifying

Spring Cinquain’s from Textifying, ©2013-14. Installation with Carolyn Aguila, Eric  James Allison, Barbara Jaks. April is national poetry month! To celebrate I’ll share here some of my writing from Carolyn Aguila’s über awesome workshop. There, I relocated my voice vis à vis writing…what a gift. http://www.amazon.com/Flirting-Rhyme-Reason-Carolyn-Aguila/dp/0970801254