Farewell My Friends, Your Names Live On When we rode the bus together To Kings Island, We laughed with our…
Author Stacy Peterson
Hop Splash! A Mountain’s Journey. Kirplunk! Little Boy skips a pebble across glacial water. Hop-splash! Hop-splash! Hop-splash! It plunks, landing…
Cicadas at Rest I laid still long enough to see the clouds float by And feel my baby’s breath– almostly…
My Heart, Their Home Just left my kids behind… A part of me stayed too. Little chunks of my heart…
A Consecration Arms extended to heaven, he raises the chalice, The silver family heirloom, The one bequeathed to him by…
Wisteria The lone purple Violet almost escaped my notice As I tromped along the woodland path. But there she was,…
Two Mothers, and One More Until she squawked, preened her feathers and skittered away, I didn’t see her, As I…
“O most Sacred Heart of Jesus, fountain of every blessing, I adore you, I love you….” My baby’s heart…
Sanctified Hands Fingers spontaneously unfold, joint by joint Revealing a palm itching to catch: A ray eminating from His Holy…
Little Boys and Leaves as Toys (For Luke and Tate) Shrinking Jack o’ Lanterns smile their sunken, crooked smiles At…