Amaryllis By Linda HelmichJanuary 12, 2024 Sometimes in life, though we have had a season of flourishing, we find ourselves in a dark place, all alone. We feel like a chopped off, rather fat, ugly bulb with hardly even a sign of life. “What’s the use?” we ask. Still, maybe it won’t always be this […]
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Winter Arrival By Linda Helmich © Nov. 9, 1985 Day after day,Week after week,As summer endsAnd autumn reigns,For me,There is an undercurrent Of dread.Our enemyIs crouching nearby,And will soon attack.I know it,And that knowledgeBrings with itA kind of tension. Then, one night,While we sleep unguarded,The world around us Is changed.But it is not a viciousOr violent […]
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As We Age By Linda HelmichMarch 16, 2024 Hours and days were slow to passWhen I was just a young sweet lassBut now the months go swiftly byAnd even years do seem to flyTime it seems is quite like plastic,Firm at times, but then elasticWaiting makes it seem too longShortening when my timing’s wrong,Dear me, […]
