Watching my love Dealing with the Particular ways Her body is alive She is dealing with The universal Human experience Of a body that is not Working as it used to But it is her first time At this particular stage It’s also my first time And some days I Am not very good at it And other days I’m quite accomplished She is a dealing with a lot And she continues to be...
She loves me She loves me not She loves me She loves me not She really loves me Lucky me Randy Roberts October 1, 2024
She gingerly slides into the car seat Exhales Eyes closed and says “I’m so tired” We have been walking at the park Temperature hovering just above freezing The wind being what it is here Hard from the north Driving that cold right to the bone She’s been baking all day Working to make treats for family Trying to guide family dealing with A medical diagnosis that our family has Dealt with for 30+ years...
4:13 AM Awakening to the Phone blaring Something about Tornado warning Pants on Shoes on Shirt on TV on It’s clearly Not good Looking outside It’s clearly Not good But it passes And we have Minimal damage To a few trees While neighbors Contend with No power She’s dealing With adrenaline A challenge For her My challenge Is to be calm In the face of Her distress To not be...
My country Has lost it’s Collective Mind Randy Roberts November 6, 2024
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
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