Thursday, October 15, 2026

Lemonade

I wasn't invited. 

I won't cry,

that's not what I do;

I've been making lemonade 

since I was new. 


The deeper the cut, 

the bitterer the pill,

the more I spill.

It's sweeter still. 


Lemonade is a balm,

blissful calm. 

La La La La La

Lemonade works like a tonic,

supersonic.


Everything is what you make of it, 

mix it, turn it around. 

catalysts, portents, omens,

fate itself, might be found.


What an insult!

Oh, the sting!

Making lemonade is my thing. 

I'll rewrite that, 

funny shit, too,

lemonade is what I do. 


That was mean, 

that was hateful. 

I'll savor my long, sweet sip

and be grateful. 


The world can be cold,

but lemons are gold. 

Make life sweet. 

Upon you, 

lemons, by the heap. 

✨🍋🍋🍋✨

Selected Poems by Dana Lee

Sunday, September 20, 2026

Druidic Cat Nap

 

Icelandic DNA

 

  Looks like Grandma Fawcett was correct about Grandpap who she referred to as Chief Sit and Bull. The Icelandic DNA most likely is from the Vikings, and now I know too, more about my little Dutch sister, Adinda, a college roommate who we used to joke could stay up all night due to her Viking blood, unaware of our shared Dutch and Viking ancestry. She will always be a little sister to me. I have only just begun nebbing... TTYL...


Revelation #1: The first Irish were northern European, so why not Icelandic and more Irish? 🍀



Lemonade

I wasn't invited.  I won't cry, that's not what I do; I've been making lemonade  since I was new.  The deeper the cut,  the ...