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
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
A rollercoaster Feeling poor Then better Then really worse This is the reality of life today The doctor visit So supportive He understands In a way very few do You challenge him And all his peers First cause no harm Is not easy With your wild biology Your ability to be So grounded Is jarring In the midst of So much discomfort You ask how a loved one Is holding up...