Posted in General Interest, Jamie Dedes, poem, Poems/Poetry, poetry

Free, Female, Of Motley Race, Sixty-five

IMG_7727I’ve been known to chat with birds in public places
To rescue lost worms sizzling on the pavement in summer
To photograph the irrepressable in every garden
To weave music, emotion and story into poetry
I’m known to be free, female, of motley race and sixty-five

© 2015, poem and photograph, Jamie Dedes (The Poet by Day), All rights reserved

The April issue of The BeZine will publish here this Wednesday, the 15th.

We’re celebrating interNational Poetry Month

in concert with Second Light Network of Women Poets (SLN).*

The BeZine is a publication of Bequine Again and The Bardo Group.

* Second Light Nework of Women Poets is open world-wide to women poets over forty.  Affiliate membership is available for those under 40. Details on SLN’s website

Posted in Jamie Dedes, Poems/Poetry

UNBOUND

They grow together

but they aren’t even fraternal

Body and Soul by Sharon Bryan, Poetry Magazine 2002

UNBOUND

by

Jamie Dedes

he broke the cocoon

tripped into a sea of sky

free to simply be