July is Disability Pride Month. And I could write some empowering piece about how I make my life work even though fibromyalgia and I’ve got all these things that don’t work in the ways bodies and brains typically do and rah rah rah. I know how to write about Pride. I’ve done plenty of it,…
Month: July 2023
Streetlights
Weary from my travels, Iturned the corner into their laneComing home, back to themEverything a little different, but still just the same. The selfsame faces beaming round the tableA meal and some deliberationThe warmth washed around me in wavesEven in that dry summer, offering salvation. My eyes were as bright as the yellow lightsAnd I…
Tears (The Pearl Collector 3)
“Take care. Goodbye.”The airline was cancelled. I was thinking as if the typhoon knew what I was hoping for: to delay his departure, as late as possible. I hate seeing people off because I hate goodbye. But now I always insist on seeing people off, because I have missed it once, and I don’t want…
Cat Poems (Caturday)
Cat Poems What are Some Cat Poems? Okay. The aforementioned verses by Christopher Smart really are lovely. We mention them a lot on this site, and there’s a reason for that. A bit of background: Smart was an 18th century poet whose verse tends to sound very Biblical. He wrote a larger poem called “Jubilate…