A Sip of Sherrie

A taste of Me.. Poetry, stories and reflections of a Southern Belle. :)

Friday, April 30, 2004

A Pirate's Life for Me



I have an important announcement...I'm leaving NC to become a Pirate.
No...you can't change my mind, so don't waste yer time, me hardy.
The sea calls to me. I must go pillage and plunder the 7 Seas.

heh heh I'm silly.
The insolent lad sent me a quiz to find out my pirate name. Here's the results:

Dirty Charity Read



You're the pirate everyone else wants to throw in the ocean -- not to get rid of you, you understand; just to get rid of the smell. Even through many pirates have a reputation for not being the brightest souls on earth, you defy the sterotypes. You've got taste and education. Arr!





give it a try pirate quiz

Three's the Charm, right?



One more for the road, then I'm off to bed. It's been a very long day.

The poem about the Shoe dropping... is for my friend Robert. He has his own blog Sometimepoet... he's having to move from his home of 8 years I think.. 7 or 8, he told me but I forgot. He's alone and very sad. He's lived there for so long. So many memories.

My heart goes out to him. Change is always scary. I keep reminding him that he isn't alone. He has people who care about him and that though change is often unwanted, it is also sometimes for the best, as long as we don't fight it. Change can make us or break us.

What would I do if I suddenly had to leave my home in 30 days? It's a frightening thought. Hang in there, R. (((Hugs, sweetie)))

Overheard on HBO

I was in the kitchen but this comment from a commerial on HBO about their original...groudbreaking series Deadwood, caught my ears.

"Will you let me get to hell my own way"

I may not have the quote down perfectly. But it had me thinking for a while.
I prefer to say

"Will you take me to heaven your way"

Sounds more inviting I think ;)

The last day of April

I'm in a spiritual realm tonight. The mood has been brought on by many things today. But mainly, the mood is here because lately I've been digging deep inside myself. At 41, I am finally at peace with who I am. There is a calmness inside me that hasn't been there before. A willingness to take life and actually stop and look at what's around me, savoring whatever haiku moments are there.

Whether it's Ben's little wrinkled raisin toes after his bath or the perfect shade of carmine that one of my roses radiated today.

I've finally learned that I can rely on myself and if my goals are set properly, I'll reach them. If I exhale negativity, my whole outlook on life will be better for it. So I exhale and I keep living.

I don't know what my tomorrow looks like. I'm too busy looking at now and imprinting it on my soul. Life is good. I am living. I am alive and I know love.

How many of you can say that? If you can't...then you need to do your own soul searching, my friend.

Thursday, April 29, 2004

Shoe drops



The shoe dropped today.
Will the other follow soon, you wonder.
Maybe you're thinking of taking if off before it does.
But don't fret, bakerman.
Being barefoot has its rewards.
You'll get to run through clover like a Spring Faun.
It will be tough at first,
your feet are tender.
But soon, the stones and cracks you have to walk on won't hurt at all.
You'll find freedom sings without the shoes.
if you can keep your soul song now and believe.

~ ~ ~ ~
Hugs to Robert.

A Sirius Sestina



Above the magnolia sits Sirius,
So majestic on a serious night.
Brilliant diamond in the sky’s tiara,
Does Sirius mind that I dance with sin?
I spend hours with lust, wildly waltzing
In perfect step with ecstasy’s music.

Butterfly soft plays sin’s haunting music.
Do you feel the tempo, stern Sirius?
Look high above you, small stars are waltzing.
They’re radiance is sizzling dark’s night.
To ignore their beauty is such a sin.
See proud Sirius…Heaven’s tiara?

Sirens yearn to kidnap night’s tiara
Because its luster dulls their charmed music.
Even in the deep blue ocean lurks sin.
How can you be so blind, sad Sirius
To the serpentine charms of my midnight,
While I sinuously enjoy waltzing.

In my mosaic dreams, we are waltzing.
I wear nudity like a tiara.
My Sirius of the serious night
Follow the rhythm of wanton music.
I am your gilded violet, Sirius.
In sultry heat, I’ll wilt within your sin.

Deliciously, I wear your carnal sin,
As we meld as one in fervor, waltzing.
You shine your brightest, lover Sirius,
Outshining diamonds in a tiara.
Lust is a maestro directing music.
Like a shooting star we burn up the night.

How does a dream survive the dark of night?
Reality plays its bitter music,
As I remain alone with lusty sin.
The music has stopped. There is no waltzing.
To sirens, I give my jaded tiara.
Even their song can’t move Sirius.

Music is the heart of a tempest night.
Someday may Sirius join me in sin.
I’ll keep waltzing and wear hope’s tiara.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Yesterday at dusk, William (my 5-yr-old nephew) and I were outside doing some weeding...or rather I was doing the weeding. He was playing Superman. I saw the Quarter Moon, smiling above the house and pointed it out to him. Then I saw Venus, shining so brightly.

I said, "See that light, William. That's Venus."

He disagreed, "No, that's a star, Aunt Sherrie."

And there was Sirius, looking sternly out over the pines...and a poem is born.

Tuesday, April 27, 2004

Publish America

I got the mail when I got off work but had to hustle to a meeting of sorts. When I got home I had dinner and then goofed off for a few mins.

Got on line and chatted a bit with Robert. He's another Publish America published poet. His book is called "Sometime Poet." (I'll send you a bill for the plug, Robert).

And after we chatted I tried to work on my website but the page builder kept sticking. I went into the kitchen a few mins ago to get some milk and cookies--those pecan sandies.. yum! I shuffled through the mail...and there was my Publish America Contract.

See what happens when you're in a hurry...you miss important things. I read through it (was like the one I downloaded) and signed it. It's in a big envelope, waiting for postage....

Signed, sealed...and waiting to be delivered....
I'm yours (PA)!

Sunday, April 25, 2004

Day Moon



I see you, Day Moon, white lost in blue
As the afternoon sun burns clouds in the sky.
Do you see me, looking up at you,
Wearing a sheer cotton dress of pale butter?
Or am I lost in the midst of spring blooms?

Daylight was born in a peach of light,
Spreading glow across the tops of the distant hills.
I traveled far by night, following the blaze of Venus.
I saw you, slipping away to hid from dawn.
Yet, hours later, you returned to frighten the sun.

I love you, Day Moon. See me, know me,
For the night has left us both to face the day.
We are lost souls—souls that know darkness
And seek the shelter of shadows and mist.
We dance with the fears of humanity.

Oh moon of daytime, my husband of stone,
Seek the warm of my shadows, of my secret pathway.
Claim the rites that many men fail to discover,
For you are the heart that beats inside me,
The breath that passes over my lips as I sigh.

It is now the afternoon and shadows draw out shadows.
Listen to my song, Day Moon, for I fear that you will falter,
And be lured by the glimmer of nighttime stars.
I can not compete with their brilliance,
My sheer dress will not cloak their light with me.

Your round face is a mist of white moving in the indigo night,
As the last morsel of dusk is gobbled up by the return of Venus.
My love, my heart, my Day Moon, I see you change by night,
As the stars steal you away for the evening show of grandeur.
I will travel until you find me again, in afternoon delight.


~ ~ ~*~ ~ ~

I see the moon during the day and imagine it is my lover,
the one whose heart beats because of my kiss,
looking down at me...and I know the real meaning of erotic heat... when I feel the intensity of the moon's rare stare in daytime.

Saturday, April 24, 2004

A poem called Dreaming Sea



Dreaming foaming waves of the sea,
You are forever moving to and fro,
Never staying for long.

My lips kiss salt.

To the sea I trekked, to see eternity,
As it washes over alabaster sand
In guise of the determined tide.

My footprints fade.

Where are you, man-o-war? Lurking under white caps?
Will your sting be my death, agonizing and extended?
Or shall you float away nonchalantly?

My heart stings.

Upon the sand I sit, a dreaming starfish cracked.
My feet cut by the shards of mosaic shells,
The dividers of ocean and sand.

My eyes drip salt.
~ ~ ~ ~ ~


I was thinking how very "Sherrie" this poem is.
People ask where do my images come from, as with any writer or poet, I draw from what I know.

I know the sea.

Friday, April 23, 2004

Queen Bee

I saw a strange sight this morning as I got into my truck to head to work. A carpenter bee was buzzing a blue jay that stood on the ground under the oak tree. It was too close to the barn. A million and one carpenter bees are making their nests in the wood. Like slow fat samuri, the carpenter bee kept buzzing the bird until the bird caved in and flew away. I was amazed that the bird didn't attack the bee. I realized the tenacity of the insect is what beat the bird's defiance down to zero.

I was thinking...maybe I should be tenacious as the carpenter bee, flying at people's heads until they run away...recognizing that I am Queen Bee.

I think I am a wise woman. lol

Gee... Mail (Email addy for contact)

I signed up for a Google male... ha, just kidding. Google.com is offerring email accts. Through this blog service I was offerred the chance to get a box. Like I need another one...but this box has 1000mb's..WOW...never will I need to ever delete an email.

Here's the address... if anyone needs to contact me.

sherriefairy@gmail.com
This Journal is for my rambles about writing and thoughts that may stroll through my nimble noodle (you call it a brain).