Author Archives: Christine Bolton

Cicada Serenade

Cicada Serenade sticky, sultry evenings of late summer droplets of sweat mingling in body crevices an open door offering no relief as the air hung heavy from weighted clouds the only sound, that of whirring fans and the serenading of cicadas as they make love before singing themselves to death Copyright © 2023 Christine BoltonContinue reading “Cicada Serenade”

One Liner Wednesday – Personal Growth

I don’t know about you, but I have had my fair share of those awkward texts where one party has misunderstood the other. It could be the shortness of the text when the other was expecting more, maybe. Or the wrong use of language that could be taken as a slight rather than a compliment.Continue reading “One Liner Wednesday – Personal Growth”

The Rough End Of The Pineapple -A Quadrille

The Rough End Of The Pineapple It was hard breaking through your tough exteriorBut so worth the effort to reach your succulent and sweet insideStill flying on your sugar highI removed your crownPlacing it in rich earth to grow because I can’t get enough of youCopyright © 2023 Christine Bolton – Poetry for HealingAll RightsContinue reading “The Rough End Of The Pineapple -A Quadrille”

Song Lyric Sunday – The Nashville Sound

At first glance you’d think this week’s Song Lyric Sunday would be about what is going on right now in Nashville. Instead it is about a movement in country music that began several decades ago. In the early 1960s, the Nashville Sound began to be challenged by the rival Bakersfield sound on the country side and by the BritishContinue reading “Song Lyric Sunday – The Nashville Sound”