Thank you, Jan Berenstain

wee beds now out grown
we'll miss you smart Mama Bear
tree house stands empty
                                E.B. Reid

Queen of Azalias

Monday, February 27, 2012

honey sweet smile
beauty glows like Spring sunrise
bravest faerie Queen
                            E.B. Reid

Monday, February 27, 2012

despite rude potholes
street paved with sparkling diamonds
street salt lit by sun
                             E.B. Reid

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Goldilocks echo
fooled by faith in furniture
kitchen chair revenge
                              E.B. Reid

Saturday, February 25, 2012

dried brown leaf tumbles
across grey backyard tundra
Autumn remembered
                         E.B. Reid

Friday, February 24, 2012

friends are worth dark drives
past Windsor Lake, nightmare lit
vanilla chai reward
                                  E.B. Reid

Thursday, February 23, 2012

old habits die hard
university conditioned
must coffee in class
                      E.B. Reid

Thinking Day on Ash Wednesday

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

contemplate your sins
mark yourself with campfire ash
restate your promise
                          E.B. Reid

Shrove Tuesday

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

giving up gruesome
refrain from daily guilt trip
no obits for Lent
                      E.B. Reid

Monday, February 20, 2012

way too old for this
not strep throat or pneumonia
ear infections suck
                    E.B. Reid

Saturday, February 18, 2012

dog day Saturday
bark up ugly thick green stuff
February sucks
                       E.B. Reid

Sunday, February 19, 2012

all apologies
distracted by house duties
chores trump leisure life
                          E.B. Reid

Friday, February 17, 2012

dawn's disappointment
children forced to attend school
un-snow day Friday
                             E.B. Reid

Mary Walsh's Dancing with Rage at L.S.P,U. Hall

Thursday, February 16, 2012

thanks for the insight...
better to have a good strong vagina
than blue ball envy
                              E.B. Reid

Un-Valentine's Day

Tuesday,  February 14, 2012

hot peppers, onions
no Valentine's kiss for me
jalapeno lips
                       E.B. Reid

Monday, February 13, 2012

                        A
            unseasonal rains
            beat back crusty ice mounds
            yes, there will be floods
                                               E.B. Reid

                       B
             despite flooded roads
             amazing vanilla Chai
             heats frozen driver
                                          E.B. Reid

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

               A
miracle worker
my plastic surgery grin
God bless my dentist
                                 E.B. Reid

              B
Ship's hot comfort food
Vegetarian chili
burn my cold away
                                  E.B. Reid

Newfoundland Writers Guild Celebrates Ellen Reid

February 12, 2012

fore-mothers/fathers
toast celebrated reject
poet left wordless
                                 E.B. Reid

A Night with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra

Friday, February 10, 2012

melodic discords
echos of Roddenberry
symphony transfixed
                                  E.B. Reid

Thank You, Whitney Houston

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Thank God for Whitney.
Her best "Greatest Love" advice
saved twelve year old soul.
                                       E.B. Reid

Thursday, February 9, 2012

unless you're thirteen
you have no fashion excuse
public pajamas
                               E.B. Reid

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

brain has freezer burn
mind's synapses inactive
February blahs
                              E.B. Reid

Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Tuesday, February 7, 2012
meet morns light dusting
noon sky cool/clear as fresh pressed sheets
snow moon burns hot white
                                    E.B. Reid

Monday, February 6, 2012

Monday, February 6, 2012
optimistic cat
faith: "It will be Spring this time!"
open door: "Winter!"
                              E.B. Reid

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Sunday, February 5, 2012
Sunday sniffles blow
mind muddied, eyes tired/sore
soul medicated
                          E.B. Reid

Saturday, February 4, 2012

Saturday, February 4, 2012
sour weather, puss
disgusted by Saturday
storm, hug heater instead
                                   E.B. Reid

Friday, February 3, 2012

Friday, February 3, 2012
city in a flurry
folks flit/fly like chickadees
another storm forecast
                           E.B. Reid

Groundhog Day

Thursday, February 2, 2012
groundhog, snow blinded
Spring prediction obvious
more storm days to come

   *     *     *

sniffles wreck snow day
not sexy and I know it
better off at work
                             E.B. Reid

Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Wednesday, February 1, 2012
too tired tonight
to create great poetry
counting syllables
                      E.B. Reid