"She learned the slip of silk, the weave of lace"
Singer
by Paulette Demers Turco

"Lead your gaze beyond the clouds"
Mother’s Day
by Paulette Demers Turco

"Cardinals fly about you"
Solace 
by Paulette Demers Turco

"It’s time you know your mother’s story"
Fitting 
by Paulette Demers Turco

"The table set, the meal prepared in time"
Saint Charles Parish Didn’t Prepare my Mother
by Paulette Demers Turco

An Interesting Story by Francis Coates Jones

"In the rocking chair we sway back and forth"
First Poem for August
by Mikela Bjork

"Spires of lavender phlox, with a hint of roses to come"
I Am Wearing My Mother’s Blouse
by Andrea Potos

"I cannot leave this river"
A Chinese Three-line Poetry String
by Yingcai

"I visit your ashes in my mind"
Mother
by Jacob erin-cilberto

"In the humidity of a breathless night"
When it is Difficult to Express Love
by Vaughn Neeld

"She comes to my side, patting my arm, cooing"
Ministrations
by Laura Foley

"Things I don’t have words for"
Too Small
by Michael Simon

"Today, she forgets my name though she knows she named me"
Jigsaw Puzzles
by Wilda Morris

"In every yard there are lilacs"
Perfume
by Maralee Gerke

"Trees sway in the breeze"
An Evening in Spring
by Michael Escoubas

"That blue-gold afternoon"
Finding My Mother in an Emily Dickinson Poem
by Andrea Potos

"We six kids plucked bouquets for Mom"
Home Grown
by Carl Palmer

Arachne by Carlo Stratta

"White-capped waves lap the shoreline"
Last Day of May
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"Spiders spin in silence silken"
Little Lives in Sun and Shadow
by Linda Fuller

"As you held my hand, we lingered by the lilacs"
A Faded Dream
by Vaughn Neeld

"After chores by the brown-red barn"
Ten Miles Out of Town
by Marcel Aime Duclos

"To stroll the fragrance-laden landscape"
Listening to Lilacs
by Kathy Lohrum Cotton

"Seedlings stuck in the loam"
Loads of Loamy Lines
by Peter Bryant

"Dainty, crochet-trimmed doilies on my grandmother’s dresser"
Sightseeing at Fooshee Pass Cove
by Wesley D. Sims

Poetry Prompt For June 2024

Afternoon Respite by Mabel May Woodward

"The scent of coffee mingles with rose perfume"
A Rose by Any Other Name
by Sharmagne Leland-St.John

"Ladies cupping the roses in soft hands"
Memories Collected in a Vase of Flowers
by Michael Escoubas

"I arrange your red roses"
Kitchen Roses
by Susan Rogers

"Soothed by the silence of a room full of love."
Nourishment
by Elayne Clift

"Crying for a touch"
still life
by Marcel Aime Duclos

"The hutch is in its tidy corner"
Still Life
by MFrostDelaney

Ekphrastic Prompt for June 2024

The Readers by Jacques-Emile Blanche

Coming Storm
by Constance Kostelc

Mother and Child by Francis Coates Jones

Aligned with the Sky: Poems
by Kathy Lohrum Cotton
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Feet in L.A., But My Womb Lives In Jerusalem, My Breath In Vermont
by Lori Levy
Reviewed by Neil Leadbeater

The Shape of Wind on Water: New and Selected Poems
by Ann Fox Chandonnet
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

Isaac Returns to the Mountain
and Other Poems Inspired by the Bible
by James Green
Reviewed by Michael Escoubas

The Reader by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

Publisher: Fernwood Press
It’s This
by Laura Foley

Publisher: Ain’t Got No Press
The Low Country Shvitz
by Rick Lupert

Publisher: Jacar Press
Pink Moon
by Tina Barr

In The Garden by Robert Reid

Treat Mom to breakfast in bed with this delicious recipe
Scrambled Eggs with Nutmeg and Lemon Zest
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John

Start your Mother's Day/Memorial Day feast with this Medieval recipe
Rose Petal Bread
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

A tasty addition to any appetiser cheese board
Spirited Apricot Brie
from the kitchen of MaryJo Balestreri

One of the most divine sweets on earth
Divinity
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St.John

Woman Reading in an Interior by Carl Holsøe

Artist's Wife Reading by Carl Vilhelm Holsøe

An Interesting Story by Francis Coates Jones
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