April was an interesting month.
April 1, April Fool’s Day, I helped my former husband
celebrate his 73rd birthday. He was 37 when I met him, and a party
would likely have included a bevy of friends in those times. Things change; sometimes
drastically. When I received an email from him inviting me to join him for a
drink, coffee, whatever… to keep him from observing the day alone, I felt bad. We
had a lovely time reminiscing with our dear mutual friend, Jim. This news will
surprise some people but I’ve always felt that Breeze got robbed. I did, too,
of course, but if you could see him now, having a hard time walking, hearing,
multiple health issues that can’t really be solved. I’m the lucky one. Whoever would
have seen that back there in the mid-‘90’s, when my life crumbled, over and
over again and people disappeared off our radar like gypsy spies.
Some of these poems are for Breeze, but not many. Most of my
April Poem-a-Day poems are based on real life. As are my books, which take
chapters in my own life and fictionalize characters who have painted my personal
canvas with gorgeous, bittersweet, splendid colors. The good news about my
novels is the phone call I had April 5th with the marketing director for a small press,
Pagespring, who boosted my ego, gave me great advice and promised great things
for my future, after I put in a few more drops of blood, sweats and tears.
I’ve lost some followers in the past few years and picked up
a few, as well. I won’t troll for followers and realize Blogspot is not an easy
site to leave comments on, but I do invite those who like poetry (or enjoy voyeurism)
to read April. There's a poem every day.
Thanks for reading…
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