From the Foothills

This blog is a time capsule for my poetry. I am a singer-songwriter by trade, but poetry has been my hobby since I was a teenager studying English lit in my homeschool curriculum. Abeka gave me a swath of poetry from which guided my ear for rhythm and verse and the interplay of syllables within lines, as well as the NKJ version of the Bible. A poetry course at Berklee in Boston urged me out of traditional forms and I am guided by a need to rhyme and the story itself as to what I write.

Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Surrender to Sleep

June 12, 2025

I’ve had enough

I’m going to sleep

There’s nothing else that I can do

Too tired to solve problems, now

Too weary to compare the issues

Nothing makes sense after midnight

No good can come of late night schemes

Even the wild hairs are lying flat, now

As I toss and turn to find my dreams