Ann Marie Bryant

Stop the Press!

Published on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant4 Comments

In order to hereunto, the Publisher will take what pains he can to obtain a Faithful Relation of all such things: and will particularly make himself beholden to such Persons in Boston whom he knows to have been for their own use the diligent Observers of such matters.
Benjamin Harris

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7 Days in 7 Lines

Published on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Ann Marie BryantLeave a comment

7 Days in 7 Lines

Write a poem where each line is about each day of your week. This challenge has so many fun possibilities!

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The Lives of Gaspard Boucher and Nicole Lemaire: 12x great grandparents

Published on March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant13 Comments

The people best fitted for this country are those who can work with their own hands.
Pierre Boucher

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The Land of Milk and Honey

Published on March 16, 2019March 18, 2019 by Ann Marie BryantLeave a comment

If the Lord is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us.
Numbers 14:8

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April Themes

Published on March 10, 2019April 7, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

Poetry is an echo, asking a shadow to dance.
–Carl Sandburg

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Suffer the Little Children

Published on March 9, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant6 Comments

Carmen leapt from the gym, like some kind of spider-woman in a puffy prom dress and landed partially wrapped around my neck, shoulders and one arm pit.

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The Bachelor

Published on March 3, 2019March 4, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant8 Comments

“The future for me is already a thing of the past –
You were my first love and you will be my last”
― Bob Dylan,

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The Ties that Divide

Published on February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant6 Comments

Like many grand narratives, some of the best were often rooted in legends and a bit of mystery. This tale was no exception. As details emerged, so did the many questions that raced through my mind as I hit one brick wall and then another.

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Life Was Simple

Published on February 22, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant2 Comments

My “once again,” love and miss you mama….

Tales of a Family

The other day, after digging through some old papers, I came across some old papers from a poetry class that I took in college. Today, I found an assignment in which I had to take a conversation and turn it into a poem. This assignment did bring tears to my eyes because I used my mom as my subject. Until today, I had forgotten about that conversation about her life on the ranch with her family.

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Home

Published on February 19, 2019February 19, 2019 by Ann Marie Bryant4 Comments

In the fall of 1961, a smiling couple poses for a photo. The handsome man drapes his arm around his lovely bride while she holds their three-month-old daughter. In the background, the family ranch stretches across the mesa.

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