Daunted
I emerged valiant
Challenged
I emerged
In the light of a new day
Yesterday’s disappointments
Are mere shadows of themselves
If I shine my light
They disappear
The virtual
Grows literal
If nurtured
Just a bit
Thrasher’s melody
Sings me from the ecstasy
Of sunrise slumber
My face, so near the glass it steamed
Beamed
As I looked at Lee’s Yul
His tummy, my back, firm together
Seemed
To confirm my role as his fool
Below us the city, gray-gritty
Teemed
With an energy lively, yet cool
While here in the penthouse, the artist
Schemed
To buy me with gemstone or jewel
Knowing my worth was far greater than this
I drank, dressed and left him there
Cruel
I live on a Writer’s Block
There are three in residence here
We meet in the morning, when out for a walk
With coyotes and rabbits and deer
Every once in a while one of us will get stumped
Unable to weave wondrous words
During these times, creativity slumped,
We consult with the other two-thirds
We chat, we laugh, we drink good red wine
The images grow and then flow
In community, we realize we’re fine
Head home, get on with the show
… little excerpt from the fun interview Sherry Blue Sky posted over at Poets United.
Poets United is a supportive, educational and enlightening site for readers and writers of poetry. I count the site and the community of people who participate there amongst my many blessings. Here is the text of the interview:
Poets United: Wow, Kim, what an impressive track record! Good for you! Can you tell us a little more about yourself, your family and life in your part of the world?
Kim: … I have an eclectic career past, beginning with twelve years as an educator in California and Arizona. Always a passionate gardener, I turned that interest into an avocation by becoming a Certified Master Gardener and coordinating a community plant-clinic for several years. During this time a publisher’s rep attended one of my presentations and saw my copious notes. This meeting led to my first two books, A Desert Gardener’s Companion and Southwest Kitchen Garden, both published by Rio Nuevo Publishers. I also wrote a gardening column for Sunset Magazine and did additional freelance work in garden writing and design for a number of years. During most of the garden-writing years, I was entrenched at home caring for two teenagers with early-onset bipolar disorder; and I poised my pen on that topic. I wrote for a year, and then shopped the manuscript to agents and publishers for nearly nine months before Behler Publications made an offer and published Mommy I’m Still in Here, which I produced under the pen name, Kate McLaughlin. As an adjunct to Mommy… I ran a website for families with kids and teens diagnosed with serious mental illness for several years.
Poets United: Kim, you have been a very productive woman! I am so impressed with your writing a book about bi-polar with that title. Parents need to know, when this happens to a family, that their child is still in there. So, what led to your starting a poetry blog?
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