• April Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
• March Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
Whimsical Belated Couplets for My 50-Year Valentine
If true love had worn braces There’d be a lot more smiling faces. For every Barbie there’s a Ken, For perfect breasts there’s easy men. The overbite that marred my grin Was proof against a facile win. But I found…
• February Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
Four Blessings
In a soul winter’s night emerges desire (When bleakness is steeped in the dark) For the warmth of a heart to kindle a fire Of caring, if only a spark. Four prayers, four blessings I ask To brighten an inner…
Let love soften places that have hardened. Prepare to let new life emerge. © 2023 Gail Barrie
• January Hug • © 2023 Gail Barrie
2023
Think about it. For 364 days Each one begins a new year That has no number. With each dawn I hope That I will act A bit more wisely today Than I did in the yesterday now gone. The days…
Deep in my belly There is praise For both sweet And unsavory It took me a while To get here Amen. © 2022 Gail Barrie
Days of Who Knows What
Rumblings of something coming Stream through subtle senses Sly hints Warm flickers Understood without thought or word Hushed knowing Willingness to listen And be changed Deep breath And pause And trust Ever more. © 2022 Gail Barrie
