Category Archives: Poems

Wednesday Poetry – River

Posted on 07/06/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Not much in the wood shop this week so rather than more pictures of post holes here is a bit of work-in-progress from my next poetry collection, “Poems, Poetry, and Peanut Butter”: Life’s waters flow under the shaky bridge of … Continue reading →

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The Weight of Clouds

Posted on 05/15/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

I’ve been thinking about clouds a lot lately. It started with a line on a blog (WordDreams By Jacqui Murray) about a metaphor telling me not to use “hard as nails.” Of course not. It should be, “hard as a … Continue reading →

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Summer Night

Posted on 03/06/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

Summer Night In the cool of a summer night, sleep finally comes. Oblivion for a few short hours. Too soon the mind wakes; struggles with life. Prose wishes to break free. Sentences struggle for completeness. References and words float on … Continue reading →

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How to Help a Cancer Victim

Posted on 02/28/2016 by Andrew Reynolds

How to Help a Cancer Victim First understand: we’re confused, we’re angry, we’re stunned, we’re overwhelmed, we don’t know what we need. Know you can’t fix it. Know we’ve heard a lot to be frightened of. Know we’re fragile. We … Continue reading →