Shana RitterSep 4, 20172 minpoetry on demandSeptember brings a new beginning, the start of a new year, my own birthday near to the high holidays, days when the gates swing open, and...
Shana RitterApr 8, 20161 minpoetryOutside the day has turned to cold gray rain and spring rolled back to a late winter sky. But oh the light. the light against the tender...
Shana RitterFeb 25, 20161 minWhat I learned about being stillIt is not lying around It is not maintaining one position It is not counting breaths although counting breaths helps to get to a certain...
Shana RitterFeb 25, 20152 minWishing Time AwayThe light belies the cold. Even with six inches of snow on the ground, even with temperatures barely rising above 20 F there is no doubt...
Shana RitterSep 4, 20142 minBack Home Again…I have been home for four days following our two week sojourn in Peru. It was a truly wonderful trip in many aspects, not just the places...
Shana RitterAug 21, 20141 minViajeI am having coca tea just off the plaza in Ollantaytambo . We have been traveling 5, or is it 6 days and therein lies my point. Time ...
Shana RitterAug 7, 20141 minDreamingLast night in my dream I saw a glacier out the window. It invited me to walk on it, it’s name was murphy’s glacier. When I turned from...
Shana RitterJul 2, 20141 minA question of balanceWhen my children were young and my days full of constant juggling I would take moment in the darkening and walk outside to look up at the...
Shana RitterJun 19, 20141 minA little something on nothingToday I have an overwhelming urge to do nothing. To sit and let the day pass by, the sky shift from pale cloudless blue to a morass of...
Shana RitterApr 17, 20141 minMade of MemoriesI have been writing a poem a day in honor of national poetry month. Four of us who write together weekly have been sharing these online...
Shana RitterMay 28, 20132 minConstructsMuch of the reason I started this blog is give myself a mandate to practice writing something in a short prose form addressed to a...
Shana RitterMay 24, 20131 minword by wordUnusual for me I woke with a visually, audibly clear dream. In this dream I tried to create things by thinking and imagining, I tried to...