Welcome to Mary Bone!

Tonight I'd like to welcome Mary Bone, one of the many poets who graced Whispers, Karen O'Leary's poetry site that is now inactive.  Mary is also an artist, so the pictures are hers as well.  I especially like the cardinal below.

Good Neighbors

When my phone rang

It was my neighbor

Wanting to borrow some eggs.

I could smell bacon frying.

She was going to make an omelet.

I had lost my shoes and

I stumbled next door

With the eggs.

Nothing was wasted on our block

We shared the delicious breakfast she cooked.

When Time Stood Still

Time stood still

When my phone couldn’t be located.

I had to borrow some change from a stranger

To make a call from a pay phone,

Since mine was lost.

Nothing can replace the feeling of

Losing my pictures and personal messages.

Into the Void

I was cast into the void

After falling from a boat on the river.

I lost everything in my pocket,

Including my phone.

After I was rescued, a lady on the river bank

Let me borrow her phone

Since I had nothing of my own.

There are times when I feel like I am 

still free falling.

Mary Bone's poems have recently been published at Whispers in the Wind, Literary Yard, Our Poetry Archives, and other publications. She has been writing since the age of twelve and has had two books of poetry published. She enjoys drawing and painting in her spare time.

 I'll finish up with a few songs.  First is the Jazz Ambassadors'  version of  "Moon River": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tx1nUTwngvg  The Jazz Ambassadors are part of the US Army Field Band.

The next is Dusty Springfield's "I Just Don't Know What To Do With Myself": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuPOwe-2EYA

I'll finish with a piece performed by jazz guitarist Emily Remler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btc3sEHINBM&list=PLIvQtZmuyaE2o_YklvRk_vkaVuWB4DBvf

Enjoy!