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.

A 50 Something Man Prepares for a Doctor’s Appointment

Posted on November 11, 2014 by literarylee

Vigorous Or almost dying I’d like to know But sick of trying. Sorting out Symp-toms diverse To help, I thought I’d write this verse. Is that ache behind my thigh a signal I’m about to die? Does pain and tingling … Continue reading →

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Kangaroos in Ones and Twos

Posted on June 13, 2014 by literarylee

Kangaroos in ones and twos Seeking shade to take a snooze Like to stop and graze a while It’s their habit, it’s their style. Kangaroos in threes and fours A very common sight outdoors They view you with a dumb … Continue reading →

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A Raucous Flock o’ Cockatoos

Posted on March 19, 2014 by literarylee

A raucous flock o’ cockatoos Are kicking up a racket. The squawking and the screeching, oh I don’t think I can hack it. They swoop and scream, their flocks careen, Out front, and yes, out backit, These birds so cranky, … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – A Sense of Things At This Moment

Posted on March 2, 2014 by literarylee

So here I sit, again, on the veranda*.  It’s seven twenty p.m., Saturday March 1 on my antipodean side of the world though for you now in the Northern Hemispheric Seattle, slumbering peacefully I expect, it’s only been March 1 … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Faulty Messages to Myself

Posted on February 27, 2014 by literarylee

Dear Neets, Here I sit on the back porch, absorbing Gorgonzola on crackers and sipping a Between the Sheets.  I have switched on the (in Australian English: fairy) lights that make our back porch here in suburban Canberra seem almost … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Candles

Posted on February 18, 2014 by literarylee

Probably shouldn’t start a letter this way but I have a confession to make. Actually, it’s quite a small one. I don’t need to tell you how lately we’ve been making adjustments to our eating and living to try to … Continue reading →

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Notes for Neets – Not THAT Far

Posted on February 17, 2014 by literarylee

My Dear Neets, Look at this!  My fingers found their way to my Mac’s keyboard, typed the right codes and passwords, and voila, my good ole blog. I’ve told you this venue is more my portfolio. Why letters to you … Continue reading →

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A Middle-Ager’s Night Worries

Posted on October 13, 2013 by literarylee

Do I still have it in me to scribble a rhyme, pen silly fun words: neither deep nor sublime? Can I yet write a cute phrase clever verbiage for you? Are my gray cells still clicking Or just full of … Continue reading →

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I Was Only Checking The Spelling of Myopia

Posted on February 1, 2013 by literarylee

Seems I keep trying to encourage utopia, When I, with society am at the end of my ropia. But my schemes are too often, yep, merely myopia. Worse yet all my dreams might just end in diplopia. So why am … Continue reading →

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To An Egg

Posted on January 28, 2013 by literarylee

(My friend and fellow Robert Burns admirer, Argyle Schield, continues to search for undiscovered  collections of Burns’ work.  Not long ago he discovered, in a dust covered chest in some attic or cellar in Scotland, a set of what he … Continue reading →

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