Discussion & Poetry Readings from Hope Like Sunlight, For National Poetry Month.

A discussion of life after childhood cancer, its physical, mental and emotional side effects— and healing.

One Glorious Chorus for my fellow SAHC singers & friends We step out of a yellow cab into a swirl of sounds, of lights, of colors, step...

Fireflies of Hope for Camp Firefly 2024 Together, we spend sun-drenched days on the water, glide across a lake of sparkling blue, burst...

Poppy II by Jamie Lynn Moore Gathering Ribbons for Shepherd, Mason & Alexander I dreamt of red, beating wings, vibrant cherry-red petals,...

For National Poetry Month, here’s a new poem and new reviews of poetry books I’m reading! I hope you’ll be inspired to read and share...

Tenderness of fields, painting by Elena Artstyle, pixels.com In soft slips of blooms In cool mists of morning In silver whispers of song...

Claude Monet (1840–1926), Spring, 1886, oil on canvas, 64.8 x 80.6 cm, The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Public domain image. I turn the...

Wake to your voice saying “Mama, Mama”, to your slender arm reaching inside the blankets, body shivering in cold gray light. Wake to you...

In the living room, letters spell LOVE in bright cherry red, the color of lipstick mothers wore in the eighties of dragon’s blood...

Foggy Winter Morning, Photography by Dorinda Grever, fineartamerica.com Brokenness beating through me settling like rain into ditches the...

Photo above by Tim Gainey, available on pixels.com I. Gone is the little boy who would rush to me with smiles and laughter, who snuggled...

Winter Dawn Bare Trees, photograph by Dean Pennala, pixels.com Look into the morning Listen to silence, to stillness Bare blue sky, Bones...

Whatever Comes Next Wind rushes cool, gentle rustling gold-green leaves in tall old oaks. The corner of Poplar and Hawthorne hums with...

Today, we enter the month that sees so many of us rushing, rushing — to choose the perfect gifts, book last-minute flights, plan that...

In the woods, nature is given to itself — creatures live and die and are born anew. Leaves turn colors, fall and gather on the ground....

Five Haiku: Song of Home Morning sways in sun Rush of air flexing branches Wings gliding through gold Leaves shimmering green Bright hum...

For Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, I want to share with you how our journey to our child’s cure from pediatric brain cancer began —...

When you were born For Sadie When you were born, my child — the sun soared through white clouds, rejoicing in light, When you were born,...

Photos taken at our visit to Dixon Gallery & Gardens in Memphis, TN, March 18, 2023 Essay on Spring The softness of the day settles over...