poem – Fake Flamenco

bilingual, En español, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

New Poems: October 2022 Poetry Challenge

I savored reading all ten acrostic poems about love dedicated to; a mother, a beloved, a partner, a husband, two cats and very appropriately, the earth! The challenge was to write a short acrostic poem about a person or animal companion you love. Thanks to the talented poets hailing from seven countries who participated this […]

bilingual, En español, Nature, writing

22 September Poem

Haiku for you. In Spanish too. Happy Autumn! Haikú para ti. En español e inglés. ¡Feliz otoño! 22 September, Twin Sister Haikus cool air, happy lungs autumn equinox arrived the next season walks in + + farewell city pool red leaf on outdoor table where is my sweater? –Rebecca Cuningham, 21 September 2022 22 septiembre […]

bilingual, En español, Nature, photography

Tales of a Wayward Nest

Sunday, a woven pile of evergreen twigs floated to our back stairs. No bird was home. Was it like the twister that brought Dorothy to Oz? Could they click their little red heels together to return? Historia del nido veleidoso El domingo, una colección de ramitas de pino se lanzó a nuestras escaleras detrás de […]

bilingual, En español, photography, Spanish Culture and Language, writing

Road Trip Poetry Manifesto/Manifiesto Poetico – En Camino

Road Trip Poetry Manifesto Words shimmer on the horizon like summer heat could be a mirage. Cross country road trip each center stripe a letter. Bugs cleaned from my windscreen the view is clear lakes, cactus and the deep blue sea. Paper map poetry small dash of GPS Road signs my grammar rocks and mufflers […]

Life as a Woman, writing

Poem to Celebrate Mom

This is one of the few years since I’ve moved back to the Midwest that I haven’t spent part of Mothers’ Day weekend with my Mom. The last fifteen years she and I, or the two of us and her Madison grandchild, have sowed our vegetable garden the second Sunday in May. Felt odd to […]