Jerri Lynn Sparks
What We Make
This is a true story...My Sunday Morning Offering: Parenthood (or What We Make) If you are not completely selfless Parenthood will teach...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jul 4, 20211 min read
Freedom
Freedom The tiny bird flies into the sunlight just like the Great Heron who owns the still blue waters and who sometimes follows me on...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
May 9, 20211 min read
When I Had You
When I Had You There was that time when I had you a few minutes or maybe a few days rocking when I rocked or when I simply walked away ...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 30, 20211 min read
A Hole In The Lining
There’s a hole in the lining of my mother’s purse - frayed felt and ripped ruche a secret in the silk The gold has faded and the strap...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 25, 20211 min read
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 18, 20211 min read
Life Illuminates
(Photo credit: Jerri Lynn Sparks) Sometimes life illuminates at just the right moment at just the right angle quickly but quietly to...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 10, 20211 min read
Your Sun Will Never Speak
Your Sun Will Never Speak He lies in bed and breathes and has been doing so for twenty-three years unexpectedly a loss before his...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 28, 20211 min read
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, 20211 min read
She Didn't Waste A Single Thing
She didn’t waste a single thing saved the bacon grease from her heavy cast iron skillet and stored it in a jar beside the old stove to...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Dividing The Gentle And The Rebellious
A poem about birds... Night came and there was poetry - from young hearts that gradually crept up One boy wore soft lavender hair in a...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Fatback
A poem about my Cherokee grandmother What I remember most is the sizzle of fatback as it hit the cast iron skillet The scent of bacon...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jan 28, 20211 min read
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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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jan 28, 20211 min read
The Best Peace In Years
A poem about silence We sat silently reading in the rain the soft drip-drip-drippity-drips being the only sound in our ears And I was...
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