Tornados All day long Make for a Weird form of Stress Knowing the Chances are Small But the consequences Are high Incentivizes Me to pay Attention Randy Roberts November 4, 2024

Having coffee Chatting An easy start You decide to do What may have been A little too much A trait more often Ascribed to me But I’m the Beneficiary A wonderful desert Lucky me I also get listen As you chat with family And watch you sit And nap And yell at the TV During the game Normal Not even close But better than The last 3 weeks Randy Roberts Sep 21, 2024

It’s nice to wake To weather cool Enough to sit out Early To meditate With a light jacket on She’s tired Weak But better A call with one of Her oldest friends A visit with another Friend was clearly A good thing As were the calls With other friends Your care is so Well received by her And appreciated by me We talked this evening As I rubbed her Feet...

A good start Coffee A walk Breakfast An almost ordinary day With an extra side of Weariness and Weakness Ordinary until it wasn’t The drive to the doctors Was hard Sensitivity to light Tired Oh so tired Then the migraine And the nausea Today she says There was a point Where I wondered Could they put me in A medical coma And wake me when it’s over Considering being there...

Walking the park hand in hand Beds of blooming iris Screaming at our eyes We see friends and chat So much joy and beauty Randy Roberts April 24, 2025

The mail consists of A Lands End catalog An LL Bean catalog The monthly delivery of KF94 masks Where the heck Is my license Randy Roberts April 1, 2025

Our very grown son Hugs his mom The ferocity of their Love for each other Causing a tsunami of joy Traveling outward Most unaware of the source But each undefended to The tenderness it imparts Randy Roberts May 2, 2025

two cicada in the street one on its side unmoving the other upright produces a short weak buzz summer is at and end Randy Roberts September 17, 2017

Relief emerged today Seeing you Feeling better Watching your heart Being lighter Helps my heart lighten too But better is relative More rest is needed And the hope that Tomorrow is a better day The placid walk Holding your hand In the gentle Evening air Seeing you Feeling better Feeling better Let’s get some needed Rest Randy Roberts Sep 18, 2024

I watch you Your body in pain Unable to eat Drinking very little I watch you I feel for you You clearly hurt You do not feel well Watching you struggle Is my struggle How do I support you In this place You do not want to be I don’t know But I keep trying Randy Roberts September 15, 2024 #poetry