Welcome to your first day of the 2025/2026 school year at Inspire a Fire Academy. I’m Mrs. Mayfield, and today is a time to learn! In fact, every day is a time to learn, as
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Tag: Poetry
Snapshots from the Family Album
I wrote “Snapshots from the Family Album” for the 2016 Kentucky Arts Council’s “Where I’m From: A Poetry of Place.” It uses the structure and style of Kentucky Poet Laureate George Ella Lyon’s original “Where
Read moreThe Treasure of Today
Each day is a treasure, a mystery to discover, a gift from the one who is Love. Some inspire wonder. Others present hardships. Each offers promise for growth. From daybreak to sunset, from dusk until
Read moreIf One Falls Down
True friends remind us of the truth in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 (NIV). “Two are better than one … if one falls down, his friend can help him up.” We grieve a loss. A friend stops by
Read moreI Felt Your Hand
I felt Your hand gently upon my shoulder. “Fear not, my child. You must be bolder.” I felt Your breath upon my neck, whispering in my ear, “Don’t look at the speck.” Your booming
Read morePlay It Again
“Play It Again,” captures bittersweet memories and emotions of family and friends who gathered at our house on Friday or Saturday nights. The men played music. Women talked and laughed. We children played outside until
Read moreA Sole Supports Our Soaring Soul
Yule Sawe Mungu is a rough translation Our Same God in Swahili
Read moreA Baby Blanket Wide as The Sky
The dream forwards.We’re weeks from grand baby to be,plums barely clinging to the branch. The ocean, a little further thanthe next door rooster, breaks on the beachanticipating our family strolls. God has no grandchildren.The one
Read moreThicker Than Skin
His Blood’s thicker than water that much we already knew. His Blood’s thicker than Pepsi I tell you that’s Good News for the generation. His Blood’s thicker than cowboy coffee boiling under the stars, thicker
Read moreProdigal Pop
A curtain of birds slights the silver bay light. June vines vault the hedge with berry blossoms and thorns. Our son’s offered work, and my coffee’s warm as the sun. I’ll seek counsel to deal
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