Jerri Lynn Sparks
What We Make
This is a true story...My Sunday Morning Offering: Parenthood (or What We Make) If you are not completely selfless Parenthood will teach...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Jul 4, 20211 min read
Freedom
Freedom The tiny bird flies into the sunlight just like the Great Heron who owns the still blue waters and who sometimes follows me on...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
May 9, 20211 min read
When I Had You
When I Had You There was that time when I had you a few minutes or maybe a few days rocking when I rocked or when I simply walked away ...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
May 2, 20217 min read
Canning Day
“Tough times don’t last, tough people do. Remember?” – Gregory Peck The big, black basin was filled almost to the rim with water. Ma had...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 30, 20211 min read
A Hole In The Lining
There’s a hole in the lining of my mother’s purse - frayed felt and ripped ruche a secret in the silk The gold has faded and the strap...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 25, 20211 min read
The Privilege Of Poetry
My Sunday Morning Offering: (Photos by Jerri Lynn Sparks) The Privilege Of Poetry I can tell a bird by its song And a broken soul by its...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 18, 20211 min read
Life Illuminates
(Photo credit: Jerri Lynn Sparks) Sometimes life illuminates at just the right moment at just the right angle quickly but quietly to...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 11, 20214 min read
What I Wish...A Story About Birds And The Moon (and a girl who loves them)
“Do you know what I wish I was?” I asked my son Jared right before we fell asleep the other night. The house was dark and finally quiet...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 10, 20211 min read
Your Sun Will Never Speak
Your Sun Will Never Speak He lies in bed and breathes and has been doing so for twenty-three years unexpectedly a loss before his...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Apr 9, 20213 min read
Blue Ridge Girl Interviews...A Blue Ridge Girl!
Happy Friday! I'm so excited to share this new section on my writer's page! I will be periodically profiling Southern writers and I'm...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 28, 20211 min read
Sunday Teaser! Blue Ridge Girl Interviews...
Coming Soon! I'll be launching a category on my site called "Blue Ridge Girl Interviews..." My inaugural interview will be with a...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 28, 20214 min read
A Soft Place To Land
“Well I'm looking for a soft place to land The forest floor The palms of your hands” – Kathleen Edwards, ‘A Soft Place To Land’ from the...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 28, 20211 min read
A Nice And Juicy Black Plum
A little lusty poem to consider on this rainy day... (Photo Credit: Jerri Lynn Sparks) It’s 2 a.m. and I’ve just bitten into a nice and...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 202112 min read
Southern Odyssey
Southern Odyssey The mountain can offer you advice but it won’t do you any good if you don’t follow it. I drove down to North Carolina...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20211 min read
She Didn't Waste A Single Thing
She didn’t waste a single thing saved the bacon grease from her heavy cast iron skillet and stored it in a jar beside the old stove to...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 202111 min read
And Then You Found Me
A song for another time... Every week I have what I’ve begun thinking of as Philosophical Sundays with my son Jared. He’s a very...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20211 min read
Dividing The Gentle And The Rebellious
A poem about birds... Night came and there was poetry - from young hearts that gradually crept up One boy wore soft lavender hair in a...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20214 min read
Life As A Card
Life As A Card "Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something." - Wilson Mizner There was this game we played in a UCLA...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20214 min read
How To Find A Good Melon
(Or Why I Learned To Love Solitude And Gave Up Dating) There we sat on the front steps, my mother, my little sister and me, gazing across...
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Jerri Lynn Sparks
Mar 27, 20216 min read
Ooooh...pie!
My neighbor growing up baked pies, which she’d let cool on the windowsill that faced the garden between our houses and the little patch...
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