Deity
April 14, 2018Who is he from the Sunday pulpit
acquiring the air of sins
with his lecture,
hell’s woes never hidden
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Carrying On
April 14, 2018Firm as the mountains around us, Stalwart and brave we stand On the rock our fathers planted For us in this goodly land.— Ruth May Fox (no. 255, Hymns, 1985) One of my earliest memories is of my mother…
Mothers, Daughters, and Dolls
April 14, 2018Came home from school Thursday about 7:30 absolutely exhausted but committed to writing a paper. Although I had planned to go to Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro that night, I forgot to get tickets before it…
Daddy Hung Me Out
April 14, 2018He hung me next to the load of dripping clothes.
I was just a child! Couldn’t walk! Couldn’t talk!
Too frozen stiff to cry! But strong enough
to clench my monkey fists around the line.
I still can see the pomegranate bush.
The Playhouse
April 14, 2018I sit scrunched in a fetal position, my eyes tightly closed, savoring the womblike comfort of the playhouse. A spider is weaving its filmy home in one corner of the ceiling, and a fly has…
The Blood in My Veins
April 14, 2018Tonight while combing my long dark hair,
Sprinkled with strands of white,
I am grateful for my legacy
And wish others would not look down
If I Had Children
April 14, 2018If I had children, I might name
them astrometeorological names:
Meridian, a girl. Zenith, a boy.
Eclipse, a pretty name for either one.
A Tribute to May Swenson
April 14, 2018As one of many who have borrowed deeply from May Swenson’s art, in classrooms over the nation and abroad, I offer tribute to her respect for the wonder, the splendor, of every living thing she…
The Mormon Woman as Writer
April 14, 2018Once while I was wandering through my life, I had a need to say something. I’m not sure where this something came from, but opinions and observations grew on the interior walls of my mind…
Rescue from Home: Some Ins and Outs
April 14, 2018As a journalist, I have learned secondhand about domestic violence, child abuse, mental health, and homicide. I have interviewed experts and victims; I have read and listened. I know that the names printed in the…