Poems

No matter how old I am on the outside I am twenty years younger inside My wrinkled skin covers a youthful one my grey hair recalls being red My heavier shape hides a lithe, slender body my slowing step remembers having a spring in it No matter how old I am on the outside there MORE >

I sit in my garden a dish in my lap with a big scoop of chocolate ice cream My feet in the sun my head in the shade my eyes on the distant horizon I worked hard all week I answered my mail and my desk is not in a clutter I talked to my MORE >

I never make the same mistake twice The problem is that I can make so many once.

Sometimes I’m angry and upset and I don’t know why I just have this short fuse I blow up for nothing become nasty, impatient and give the nicest people a hard time I hate myself that way but the strong feelings are there just under the surface ready to come out and hit the next MORE >

Today my husband left me I’m alone and I feel frightened Today I went to work leaving my babies at home and I feel guilty Today my boss yelled at me but I can’t yell back and I feel angry Today my mother’s ill I have no time for her and I am worried Today MORE >

Murphy’s Law states that “anything that can go wrong, will and always at the worst possible moment” Parkinson’s Law says that “work will expand to fill all the available time” The Peter Principle observes that “everyone rises eventually to a level of incompetence” And now hear my discovery: “possessions will expand to fill all the MORE >

“Getting there is half the fun!” Not if you’re on a diet…

Good friends coming to stay for a week I’m pleased and I’m not If I could only say “There’s the fridge Help yourselves I’ll fix my own later” it would be easy but instead I market, cook set tables, serve clean up saying, “No, no don’t help, I’d really rather do it myself” When they MORE >

Why do I eat the wrong foods when I know better — like sneaking chocolates in between meals and regretting it two minutes later? Why do I order dessert when I know better — by saying I’ll just have one bite then eating the whole thing and regretting it two minutes later? While some might MORE >

Household chores are never done. There is always one more thing that needs to be cleaned, cooked, mended, or put away. Work is also never done. There is always one more item that needs to be studied, written, calculated, or filed away. I’m always catching up, but I’m never “caught up.” When I think I MORE >