protect the environment

I don’t remember a fence being here

Poem by Loretta Strharsky

two spring poems

A Poem by Loretta Strharsky Yesterday’s snow painted the sturdy chokecherry branches with careful strokes working its way across the...

a poem about flowers and dying

wishing on a star

A poem about autumn leaves

A poem

A poem about Bryce Canyon by Loretta Strharsky

I wasted twenty-three minutes studying the lilacs, waiting for them to open. I knew it was much too early, a bit too cold and overcast...

I am tired of smatterings

A poem of the passing seasons

A few weeks of tantalizing anticipation is well worth the wait.

However, the sign dictates: Watch out for Mountain Lions

A chilly night did not keep her in. Wrapped in her favorite tattered red jacket Her blanket adorned with screened images of the National...

Loretta Strharsky laments summer days that have lost their vitality and whither in the sun's relentless gaze.

Loretta Strharsky I think this year I missed spring There must have been tulips And daffodils And a plethora of lilacs There must have...

Staff Poet: Loretta Strharsky - Boomer - Fort Collins, Colorado The pieces of creamy clouds kept cradling that moon. You know the one....

Loretta Strharsky - Boomer - Staff Poet - Fort Collins A day of remembrance, of thankfulness, of reflection. We will not let our fear...