Last Night at the Lake

Last Night at the Lake

Renita Boyle ~ Day 26 NaPoWriMo 2014 Posted in moments, love, nature   Last night, at the lake, we walked along the shore arm in arm picking wild raspberries just plump and sweet enough to eat.   We listen to the lapping of the waves, feel them licking our bare toes...
Gush

Gush

Renita Boyle ~ Day 25 NaPoWriMo2014 Posted in nature   Dragonflies mate mid-air in the swoop of a blue morning. A pillow of white cloud, a shudder of leaves; A luminous gushing warmth before the day begins.   Renita...
How it Breathes

How it Breathes

Dat 24 ~ NaPoWriMo2014 Posted in nature   How it breathes: This land of moss and rain and moon feathers us to sleep cradles us to the stars.   Renita...
Crickets

Crickets

Renita Boyle ~ Day 23 NaPoWriMo Posted in summer, moments   I didn’t intend to stay the night. The familiar voices of my people lulled me, cacooned me, in a warmth I had long forgotten; echoes of my Father and my Grandfather in those round Northern Vowels and...
Little Charlie

Little Charlie

Renita Boyle ~ Day 21 NaPoWriMo Posted in children   Little Charlie Overstreet had the biggest, clumsiest little boy feet that whenever he went to take a step, he tumbled over and bumped his head!   So, he bought himself a pair of shoes. And on the bottom, he put some...
Come Early to the Tomb

Come Early to the Tomb

Renita Boyle ~ Day 20 NaPoWriMo Posted in faith, children Come early to the tomb with Mary, Before the light of day, Come with all of your sorrow And see the stone is rolled away!   Run and tell Peter and John! Run all the way from the tomb. ‘They’ve taken his body...

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