Vernie Lynn DeMille

More Than Grief

Posted on May 1, 2019 by wp_admin

I wait for the day when your picture inspires more than grief. When the joy comes back from six feet deep...... Read More

The Sum of a Pumpkin

Posted on October 28, 2018October 4, 2020 by wp_admin

"But no matter where the pumpkin rests, the farmer will always love it best As a bit of Sunshine captured in shell of Gold or orange and tended well."... Read More

Jumping Tracks: Life After Suicide

Posted on October 24, 2018October 26, 2018 by wp_admin

"That’s how death is. We close the casket. We fold the flag. We make that last radio call. We weep, we breathe deep, and we walk away from the dead back to those who still live. And each step kills ... Read More

Breath of the Mountain: Pine Valley

Posted on March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 by wp_admin

My spirit Quiet in the cacophony Of the birth, decay, and growth Of being.... Read More

Hope

Posted on December 18, 2017 by wp_admin

The song that perched within my soul And sang from branches high Has flown to trees on higher peaks And left my heart behind.... Read More

Hestia

Posted on October 17, 2017April 2, 2020 by wp_admin

"The worshipped has become The pilgrim; straining, burning, dying, For a chance to change What is written in the stars."... Read More

I Will Water Hope

Posted on August 17, 2017August 17, 2017 by wp_admin

You cannot make me hate.... Read More

Marking Time with a Cricket

Posted on July 29, 2017 by wp_admin

"Then a lone cricket starts playing his tune into the dark silence. It makes me feel wonderfully small and inconsequential to mark time with a cricket..."... Read More