I couldn’t possibly pass up a chance to try a Collab this weekend . . . . ************** LOVE DEEP WITHIN BY BARBARA A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB Finding comfort deep within, I hold you in my heart on this moonlit summer night, I cannot help but hear sweet songs of love floating upon jasmine breezes […]
WHAT DO THE GROWNUPS KNOW? My dad used to say way back then, back in the 50’s when I would watch him each day simply shaking his head and wondering why anyone would listen to the music I played on the radio and on those 45’s and lp’s. “Elvis and the likes of him,” he […]
EACH MORNING DEJA VU Each morning as I awaken, the sunlight on my face, the finches singing in the trees, the dewdrops on the leaves, I have a special feeling that I’ve been here once before. And indeed I have . . . . just yesterday I witnessed the very same thing, the sunrise that […]
“Jean and Greenlee” by Heidi Foley IT’S SIMPLE Simple, uncomplicated, so easy to understand, that place where magic happens when we might not expect it to. And in that place that’s hidden away, that secret secret spot known only to us, we find shelter from the storms that threaten; we find harmony and sweet connections; […]
A “Cheryl’s Pals Collabs” Poem
WITHIN A DREAM BY BARBARA A CHERYL’S PALS COLLAB Diamond rivers flowing through starlit skies and walkways paved in moonbeams bright, as they often do in your dreams when you sleep, as floating gently upon clouds of fantasies, my dream fades into shadows and mist, where nothing is ever quite as it seems. And just […]
TAKING FLIGHT I watched you growfrom the tiniest seed,when you were hardly a thoughtand barely a dream.And when you were ready,you knew and so did I,(for mothers and fathers know all those things),time to try out those new wingsas you soared and I again smiled. And on those days each one of youwere born into […]
“Transcendent of the Blues” by William Tolliver WITHIN THESE BAYOU BLUES Dancing in the dark to that familiar dusky song, caressing the strings of broken hearts, somber melodies drifting painfully through the tortured darkness of this Saturday night, lyrics laced with sadness and broken dreams, invading every corner of that smoke-filled room of hazy blue; […]
IT’S MAGICAL ALL As my eye sweeps across this morning canvas anew, the magic of this beautiful day comes clearly into view. It began before the rising sun as the birds welcomed me in their sweetly musical way. And the magic continued as Dawn greeted Day, the sun rising up over the eastern mountain peaks, […]
TREASURED MOMENTS Sometimes the best thing and the only thing to do is to share the moments so precious and often too few, those times we can share with the ones that we love, where no words are required, where nothing need be said; simply sharing these times and treasuring these moments as I hold […]
