Tag: Poetry

A is for Adventure

Post author By Elle Berry
Post date January 10, 2012
Categories In CREATE

Early in the morning, greeting the day In that early, glowing, sunrise, way. Adventure is life! A stunning meeting, when those moments of dawn are new and fleeting, And the gift of air in your lungs, And the gift of life has sprung— Into another day and chance, Into another place of happenstance? It sometimes […]

Ode to 23

Post author By Elle Berry
Post date January 6, 2012
Categories In CREATE

I really like the number 23. I think it started a few years ago when I was looking at my planner and realized that over the course of a year several important things had happened on the 23rd day of the month. So I found myself starting to get excited about the 23rd day of […]

Poetry: Grandma

Post author By Elle Berry
Post date January 6, 2012
Categories In CREATE

I will remember, many years, you know, When I sit on my porch in the summer glow, The way I sat on the porch with you, When summer evenings were fresh and new. I will remember each Christmas season That you never once forgot the reason— Though in decorations you took delight, As you sang […]