Author: mhughes

I’m a sometimes poet, sister, lover, friend... & now publisher

Sláinte – a limerick

She found a shamrock on the stair 
picked it up and placed it in her hair 
Took it as an opportune sign 
that today was the day she’d shine 
Then she opened the door and was killed by a bear.

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I had a plan

Picture of the sky Wednesday morning. Smoke filled sky from the 2025 LA Fires. 
I started off the year right. I had a plan and held to it for the first week. Then all hell broke loose and LA caught fire. The destruction has distracted me for the last few days. I couldn’t concentrate as the wind battered my bungalow and flipped the tarp in my backyard upside down and around. A fellow coworker isn’t doing much to help as I take on her shifts while she heals thyself. 4 days later I’m out of sync need some mental healing myself. My body is drained and just doing the minimum to maintain. I know what to do but a restorative sleep isn’t as easy as all that, not when one has a cat. But day by day, piece by piece, I’ll reset my clock and restart the plan. 
First I just need to get through this day and not worry about what I can’t control. Worry is a wonder that has often stopped me dead, I let too much rest uneasy in my head. 
I write this on the bus, there’s only 2 more stops. Oh good god the bus is changing shifts! Let it go, girl & breathe. Every thing will be ok. 

ps I love LA.
1. Screenshot of announcement of the Sunset Fire. 2. View of the Sunset Fire from near my apt. 3. View of Sunset Fire from Vermont Ave, almost out. Smoke from Palisades Fire in the distance. 4. A very orange sun between 2 palms (no filter). 5. Smoke in the distance from the Palisades Fire Sat morning. Featured image is a picture of the smoke filled sky Wednesday morning. No filter.

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new year, new prompts

Pacific Ocean wave crashing upon the shore in Ventura County, CA. 
A new year, a new prompt. I still like the look of the words of the day but last year was a wreck which did and didn’t go my way.
A new job, at an old place. A new disease for my pet, I didn’t want to face. But my schedule needs changing, as does my life. 
I have commitments now and still have no time. I have a plan for the new year, no resolutions here! Fingers crossed I follow through lest I waste another year. 
Maybe I can rejuvenate this tired mind. 
I’m a tabula rasa, a blank slate who’s flying blind. Easily distracted from the goals I hold often tripping over threads and falling into rabbit holes. 
Just like now, I’ve barely punched in, and am already bitched at by a privileged prick about tips. Oh (insert eye roll) I’ve had enough but I’ve got to let it go. There is a future for me and more to write. I already have 2 on the back burner to start before tomorrow, if I don’t then I can’t regret when I lament about where my dreams went.

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2024

Bonjour petite nouvelle année 
bienvenue à ce monde! 
May you I finally 
take advantage 
of your charms 
and not let you 
pass by so quickly. 
Sometimes I seem and can be 
too self-absorbed 
so much so I barely notice 
what day, week or month I’m in
such a fool am I, when
(almost) every one
of your day should
be experienced to the fullest
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memories

for every moment there is a melody  
a seemingly random lyric 
it can conjure a long lost memory 
or define the time 
where you are now.
It makes you smile. 
It makes you cry. 
makes you think you can sing
makes you believe, 
reminds you it’s ok to dream.
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