Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Writers Gather

Some of the writers and illustrators
and other noted book people
at the recent Rhode Island Festival
of Children's Books & Authors:


Kate Messner with Professor Susannah Richards


Chris Van Allsburg with Jarrett Krosoczka


Gregory Mone with Avi


Editor Susan Rich with Dan Santat


and the illusive Lemony Snickett

**

Much love for enthusiastic readers
and much love for fellow writers 
and illustrators
and book lovers.

We did laugh an awful LOT.

xx

Thursday, October 24, 2013

The Harbor


Down in the harbor
boatmen and women
are making repairs


steadily preparing
to wrap up for winter


cocooning



as the sun 
slides lower and lower
in the sky


and the dinghies
lie in wait


for their final shuttles
of the season
. . .



xx


Saturday, October 12, 2013

Refilling the Well: or Why I'm Not Getting Any Writing Done


I give up.

The next/new story
is just not going to get written

until

it turns ugly
outside.

xx

Monday, October 7, 2013

Sudden Beauty

You're carrying a load of laundry
down the hall
you round the corner 
and there!
whoah!
on the windowsill:


You stop
you freeze
you are struck dumb


It's too much
this sudden beauty
on laundry day

*

Sometimes I think 
I should never write another word
because words pale
in comparison
to 
so much else.

xx