Jerri Lynn Sparks
The Privilege Of Poetry
My Sunday Morning Offering: (Photos by Jerri Lynn Sparks) The Privilege Of Poetry I can tell a bird by its song And a broken soul by its...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 11, 20214 min
What I Wish...A Story About Birds And The Moon (and a girl who loves them)
“Do you know what I wish I was?” I asked my son Jared right before we fell asleep the other night. The house was dark and finally quiet...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 28, 20211 min
A Nice And Juicy Black Plum
A little lusty poem to consider on this rainy day... (Photo Credit: Jerri Lynn Sparks) It’s 2 a.m. and I’ve just bitten into a nice and...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 202112 min
Southern Odyssey
Southern Odyssey The mountain can offer you advice but it won’t do you any good if you don’t follow it. I drove down to North Carolina...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20214 min
Life As A Card
Life As A Card "Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something." - Wilson Mizner There was this game we played in a UCLA...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20214 min
How To Find A Good Melon
(Or Why I Learned To Love Solitude And Gave Up Dating) There we sat on the front steps, my mother, my little sister and me, gazing across...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jan 28, 20211 min
Before Sun And Strangers
A poem about the last kiss... I wake up before sun and strangers in winter and wander Before duties and dangers and things that I ponder...
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