Baubles~Poems picked up while pedaling

Sunset Eyes

He looks at me with sunset eyes,tree veins branched from lack of quiet,and the early death of daygoes unnoticed bythe…

Inaugural Cycle

The weather was gracious to us this past weekend, so I took my two small children out on our inaugural…

Munich’s Summer Garden Party

Mingle in Munich’s summer garden party,tic-tac-toe moss grows on buildingsawaiting expats and oh ja’s,blue caterpillar bussesextend and shrink throughcroquet gates…

Story Time Sunday #16

Happy Sunday! This week’s 100 word micro-fiction was inspired by the photo prompt from 100 word story. At the end…

Story Time Sunday #12

Happy Sunday! This week’s story is written in response to Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #117. I kept conceiving this story…

A Birthday Bike Ride

A birthday bike ride,blue balloon bopping around.Five years old, so he can’t readthe ‘Happy Birthday’ upside down.

Story Time Sunday #5

Happy Story Time Sunday! Today, I’m sharing a flash fiction that is dear to me and serves as prelude for…

Tombstones & Ice Cream Cones

Biking to the open market,slushy flakes evaporateas soon as they touch down.My pedals squeakpast ice cream conessold beside tombstones.What endless…

Biking to the Beauty Parlor

Biking to the beauty parlor,early morning dewglossing grassy tips.Dodging dirty masks,McDonald’s foam cups,and crumpled colorless napkinslittered like lesions along the…

Misfit Saturday

Pedaling through punk rockfields, neon yellow streaks,the spike of several weeks.Empty overpass rebellions.Concrete cracks and loud wifi towers.Whiskey bottles and…

So You Won’t Forget

Biking through the snow’s tearsbetraying this place’s years,weeping in the sidewalk cracks,but age ain’t always wisdom,lest we forget. The man…

Bridge at Remagen

Pine trees make short pathwaysin the shadow of midday, asI pedal sedately pastcared for courtyards,the cultivation of others,and the remains…