Finally the time has come. I can't ignore synchronicity this time. I'm starting the process today to change my name from Cornell to McCauley. I've been divorced for decades and basically lazy. McCauley is my Mother's maiden name and with two daughters no one is carrying on the name. I am in the process of finally publishing all my work and the time seems perfect. I'll have to research the copyrights I've done under Cornell but I'm sure I can figure it out. In the process of getting ready for Chuck, a friend of mine who specializes in audio production, to come over and record my voice reading my poems... I came across this poem: Hazel McCauley “…she was too young to leave; from the life she was too beautiful to leave… they shut her away, and I knew I should never see her face again, never, never, it could not be shown to me again…” E. St Vincent Millay’s Mother Cora. How sweet and strongly bitter The moment Floods to memory My grandmother My link to love Gone My sweet flower Of light Love and virtue Gone. So doing Everything “right” So spirited And wise So touched So deeply Why? My grandmother, Gone This many years Missing you Still? So much so That tears Flow So much so Memories Go to you Often A film... A verse... A smell... A song... Sends me. Grandma, My dearest Why do you Haunt me So? "I miss you Too. I love you Too. Adieu. “Cry for me my Love Tears I cannot Cry For life’s wasted Time My love, For all I dared Not do. Will you do For ‘us’? Thus also the Name ‘McCauley’ Calls to you For ‘us’ There’s work To finish If you will…” 12-12-02 Flight from Atlanta to Denver/LA Comments are closed.
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Laurie Anne McCauleyDid that make you feel better? Intro
I decided back in November 2015 to make my poetry available and journal online. I'm not exactly sure what "blogging" means but I am quite sure this is an online journal. Feel free to read on with an aire of open minded curiosity. At no time do I intend to offend, judge or pretend to know anything really, I'm just an observer and explorer, as we all are. Feel free to "boldly go" through my observations and perhaps it will spark or inspire. Comments are off because I don't want to be worried about political correctness when I'm writing. I'm not thinking about "you." I'm just writing because it feels "right". Feel free to enjoy or surf on. LA McCauley Archives
September 2023
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