love Archives - Rebecca McKeever

14 Feb 2015

For All Days

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, love, Poem Diem 2015, poetry | 0

I walked into the Wal-Mart, shocked, by red and pink and golden boxes. This kind of love is nice and shiny, the packaging so bright it blinds me. These teddy bears and cards with poems are nice, but they can’t … Continued

24 Sep 2014

33 Things to Love About an Old House

by Rebecca | posted in: home, love, prose | 0

There are, of course, things to despise about an old house, as I may detail in some later post. Hey, a bunch of these “things to love” are just cleverly-disguised banes of my existence. But some of these little details are truly charming. I would … Continued

16 Feb 2014

Pretty Good Match

by Rebecca | posted in: family, food, hobbies, ideas, love, music, poetry | 0

I have been writing poetry lately– actually quite a bit. But it’s all in the form of song lyrics and the songs are still being formed. I finished this one within a day so that I could publish it on … Continued

24 Dec 2013

December Rhymes With Remember, songified

by Rebecca | posted in: change, desire, hope, love, music, poetry | 2

Here’s the last poem I wrote, “December Rhymes With Remember,” turned into a song.

17 Dec 2013

December Rhymes with Remember

by Rebecca | posted in: change, desire, love, poetry, redemption | 0

December rhymes with remember.I remember liking the snowand loving the feeling of sugar highs reelingand dancing to Mannheim on the stereo. Christmas pretty much rhymes with wish listsfor new stuff and happy days of yore.But I’m sure my first year … Continued

1 Nov 2013

Fragile

by Rebecca | posted in: anger, difficulty, family, love, poetry, vice | 0

You had fallen down the stairs before,my rough and tumble child.And you got up to play some more.You only had a little while.I have brushed tears off your cheeksand gravel from your knees.But all our strength is still too weakfor … Continued

13 Oct 2013

Creative

by Rebecca | posted in: baby, daily poem, home, ideas, love, poetry, thanks, work | 1

I tell my husband my ideas; some are smart, some just wild.He says “Don’t quit your day job!” as he smiles at our child,and “Go for it! You’re home, so what are you afraid of?”I get to be a mom … Continued

11 Oct 2013

Caught Up

by Rebecca | posted in: daily poem, love, poetry, time, work | 0

If you never know what it’s like to be caught up, to cross off your whole list, to have nothing left to do, then at least let yourself by caught up in love.

26 Sep 2013

What About Ourselves

by Rebecca | posted in: beauty, daily poem, home, love, poetry | 0

We make our homes beautifulto sell them.And what about ourselves?

24 Sep 2013

Surprise

by Rebecca | posted in: beauty, daily poem, family, friends, love, poetry, thanks | 0

When you wake up in the morning with a list of things to do,and a sleepy-headed husband says that there’s a gift for you,and that it’s bigger than a breadbox and that it is upstairs,and you look but cannot find … Continued

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