Author Archives: literarylee

About literarylee

I sling words for a living. Always have, always will. Some have been interesting and fun; most not. These days, I write the fun words early in the morning before the adults are up and make me eat my Cream of Wheat.

The Centipede

Posted on August 18, 2011 by literarylee

Ogden Nash I objurgate the centipede, A bug we do not really need. At sleepy-time he beats a path Straight to the bedroom or the bath. You always wallop where he’s not, Or, if he is, he makes a spot.

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Smith Recognized

Posted on August 17, 2011 by literarylee

Imagine my pleasant surprise to learn Smith was to be given an award.  As I’ve mentioned, gardeners, though seemingly nice and mild-mannered on the outside, are really cutthroat, fierce competitors on the inside.  We want the biggest and most tomatoes, … Continue reading →

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Duck 16

Posted on August 16, 2011 by literarylee
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Among the Liberators – Getting Ready for the Walk

Posted on August 15, 2011 by literarylee

Here are a few ideas that guide my writing about and also could guide your walking along Virginia Avenue. Get it all? I neither know it all, nor do I have enough time to research it all.  I think I … Continue reading →

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The Accidental Pilgrim, Part 2

Posted on August 14, 2011 by literarylee

(The Accidental Pilgrim, Part 1) Capernaum, Mount of Beatitudes, Jordan River, Hippo/Susita Hello from Jerusalem, The night’s “rest” at the monastery re-emphasized for me just how rural Galilee is.  Roosters crowing even before the crack of dawn (not polite, pious … Continue reading →

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The Ant

Posted on August 13, 2011 by literarylee

Ogden Nash The ant has made himself illustrious Through constant industry industrious. So what? Would you be calm and placid If you were full of formic acid?

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The Cow

Posted on August 13, 2011 by literarylee

Ogden Nash The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the other, milk.

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Buckets o’ Bounty Revisited

Posted on August 12, 2011 by literarylee

I picked my third bucket of tomatoes the other night.  I really can’t tell you just how pleased I am about it.  My first two years gardening at Smith, the tomatoes were only o.k., one year even anemic, six plants … Continue reading →

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Deferred Dream May Not Pay?

Posted on August 11, 2011 by literarylee

(With apologies to fans of Langston Hughes’, A Dream Deferred) What happens to a deferred dream you worry won’t pay? Does it just sprout wings and fly away? Perhaps it digs a hole into the ground And lies there quietly, … Continue reading →

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Three Years of Memorizing Poems

Posted on August 10, 2011 by literarylee

This month I’m celebrating an anniversary all my own.  Three years ago in August, I started memorizing poems. When I first heard about the idea, it hit me immediately like the right one, something I was primed for.  Sometimes when … Continue reading →

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