The sun rises And then The drops come Slowly, at first, Just a sprinkling   And then Louder And Louder Bigger And Bigger   It’s pouring now The sky dumping in entire contents Onto the earth Soaking the fields Flooding the rivers Filling the ponds   Then it stops.   Silence.   Just a faint…

Just two days ago I was was bubbling over with a feeling of abundance  Isn’t it funny how those things shift?   It’s harder now, to reach back to that time  To find the energy to uplift  I know it is there  The sensation lingers in my body  Isn’t it funny remembering a feeling but…

It seems there are beginnings happening all the time. Just as there are also endings happening all the time.  Sometimes they are connected and sometimes not.   Here I am at another beginning. Beginning again to write in this form, in this “place” that is not a place.  It is a window. A window in…

Today, with my writing group, I did a little exercise where we wrote a poem with our non-dominant hand. I thought I would try something new and add a video of me reciting the poem. Hope you enjoy!   Icy cold outside Hot coffee Breath clouding At the window Slow down Bitter sweet lingering Bird…

Even though it has been a little while since I have posted on here, my writing practice has remained strong. I haven’t yet discovered what it is that holds me back from creating a more regular presence here. But I will continue to explore that. I might try posting shorter, more light hearted pieces in…

Hot tea on chapped lips Steam rising in the cool crisp air of just barely dawn   Quietly breathing in the cold that stings my nose Reminding me I’m alive!   Quietly crumpling paper To start the fire To warm my bones   Bones Made of earth Made of stars Made of memories   Scraped…

October 2017   My heart is broken I feel as though I’ve been cheated by life You left, and just in one night.   I held my hand out, open And you let go.   I thought if I built a wall high enough  or  A fortress strong enough  That nothing would get though; But…

Hands folding dough   Soft  Welcoming    The oven slowly warming  As the rain pours gently down    Butter  Cinnamon  Nutmeg    Wafting through the air   As the dough rests and rises    Time slows down    The earth feels a little nearer    The chaos momentarily calmed    ~Franchesca Stimming

Inspired by earthweal https://earthweal.com/2021/10/11/earthweal-weekly-post-the-nature-of-enchantment/   I feel far from enchanted these days   Through there are fleeting moments here and there This I know Bu where did they go? They seem so distant now Out of reach Hiding in the miscellaneous folds of my memory   These days feel shrouded in tenderness And vulnerability   There…