Paths I have walked, literally, as I have explored the countryside around me from the time I could walk, and figuratively, as I walk through life.
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About
I was first inspired by the beauty of the local landscapes of Carnegie and the trails and byways along the Chartiers Creek and throughout the Chartiers Valley, paths I’ve been walking since I began to walk. Those paths led me away to learn new things, and led me back, to interpret what I’ve found.
My biggest inspiration for poetry, prose and artwork is still the world right around me, and I enjoy the opportunity to share it from the perspective of one who walks and hikes and bikes and carries a camera, art materials and journal everywhere—even around the house—so the inspirations are fresh.
The familiarity of weather and structure and cultural habit are a starting point, a base to build upon as I walk other paths while building my stories.
Latest Journeys
Forgotten Chairs, no longer a poem in progress
Forgotten Chairs Who is telling me a story? Whose legs wore the paint so thin on that rounded oak edge? Who sat for breakfast in these chairs? Who listened to family stories? Now that our histories are linked by chance I want to know who you are. Copyright 2024 © Bernadette E. Kazmarski I’ve been …
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Some Idle Thoughts Along the Trail
Spring rises from flattened earth in green rosettes of energy pushing stems of blossoms toward the light. Every storm pushes ahead of itself a wind that tells you its name. It whistles through the branches and moans in the treetops. I took a couple of quick walks along the trail and into the woods between …
On Planting Peas, Because It’s Time
It is early March and I am planting peas. The wan spring sun is finding its heat and lays like a warm hand upon my back as I work. Signs of approaching spring fill my senses in the mild air on my skin, the scent of damp soil and the shrieks of children as they …
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