Monday, March 12, 2012

Dedicated to Daffodil on her 2 Birthday

i like to see how you sleep
on your tummy

little head wedged in the corner
toes tucked under
one arm stretched out

   like you are giving a side hug
   to the invisible
   and comforting stillness
  
   the breathing in the next room
   slowly relaxing

   i too am slowly wedging
   into the night
 

ISLE: Literary Glories in Fruition Today

Ah, today is a very exciting day in our literary life.  Author in resident (number one), has published, officially published, yet again! 

This publication has been in the works for eons. I've heard many sighs coming from this author's lips as he anticipated his article would appear -- and yet had to wait. And, though I'd like to say that the waiting was the hardest part, it definitely wasn't.  The hardest part was the revisions.  Hunched over his little lap top, typing away, and as the prolific writer he is, never complaining of the developing carpel tunnel syndrome, achy back, or strained eyes (trifocals here we come).  

Yet it all paid off when the email came. Just a regular, non-assuming "ding" from the smart phone, followed by a gasp of unadulterated joy. It's there! 

Behold, the scribblings of a true writer, a true reader, a true lover-of-all things literary -- which means of course: those things worth living for.

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