Life-Boat Made of Words

New poetry and prose from the private notebooks of Barbara Quick

By Barbara Quick

· Launched 3 years ago

Life-Boat Made of Words

What Is Only Good

There are forces in this world that are only good, no matter that the forces for evil consume so much of our air. Trees, for example.

Jun 14 • Barbara Quick

Things that have (most horribly!) re-appeared

Jun 5 • Barbara Quick

It’s on Us

Let’s keep our eyes on the prize—and let’s be hopeful!

May 21 • Barbara Quick

Everything Has Its Time

The fat buds of the rhododendron, getting ready to burst into flower. The white bracts of the dogwood, offering up their nectar…

May 15 • Barbara Quick

What a Mysterious and Magical Time It Was!

We've been back for two weeks now but it seems that I left part of myself behind in Ireland--or else it's that I've reconnected with that part of myself…

May 9 • Barbara Quick

My heart is so full

Part 2 of the Unsinkable Tour (with more to come!)

Apr 21 • Barbara Quick

From the Airport, on our Way to Ireland...

Life changes us, with the hands of a sculptor

Apr 8 • Barbara Quick

Life-Boat Made of Words

New poetry and prose from the private notebooks of Barbara Quick.