I'm feeling the rumble. I've been house-sitting and couch-surfing for a couple of months. Sitting, surfing and more recently shoveling. Solo, my 4 legged best friend's vitality is waning. He is lumpy, bumpy, warty, a little off kilter. This once …
Author: Coranne Creswell
Crumblebee
UPDATE on Rumblebee now Crumblebee.... At about 3 am we got hit with some crazy rogue wind, thunder and lightning. It was scary and hunker down was what I did. At 5 am I looked out to check on my …
Enchanted
What is the place that has grabbed you and never lets go? I got weak- knee-d gobsmacked like I always do when I drove north from Santa Fe just up beyond Tesuque when the red dirt, blue sky world expands …
NaPoWriMo
Welcome to National Poetry Month. It is also National Sexual Abuse Awareness month, April Fool's Day, my friend's birthday and a full blue moon. Participating in NaPoWriMo is doing one a day, like vitamins. I already missed April 1st. I'll …
Don’t Wait for the Bell
I was an education assistant, not a bad job but I am bad at routine. Some people thrive. I watched the clock, counted the days to the weekend and the weeks to a long weekend and to the next vacation. …
Bee Here Now
I'm jealous of bees. Everyday they wake-up driven by a sense of purpose and really important work to do. They belong to a network that supports every move they make. I am 58...still wondering. #1 They make honey. #2 In …
The Attempted Domestication of Feral Kittens
I am starting a series of poems titled "The Attempted Domestication of Feral Kittens." People think the title is too long but I like it because it flips the bird to being told that you need to fit into someones …
Rumbles in Wonderland
The crows and seagulls on the roof on the van made enough noise that I thought I was having my own Alice In Wonderland moment. Wake up in an alternative universe where birds are as big as people. What else …
Saving the World
Maybe the world will be saved in unexpected and quiet ways. You only have to say that you suffer from anxiety and everyone will jump in with a ME TOO that rivals the other ME TOO thing. Given what we …
If Boyfriends Were Cars
First boyfriend had an honest little work truck insured by the parents, a blue Mazda 4 speed stick shift. It always had firewood, or fishing nets or even a chainsaw in the back as we lived on a small northerly …
RUMBLEBEE ROAD 