I have two poems published on RavensPerch. Here are the poems:

AT THE GRADE-SCHOOL REUNION

No,
of course you
don’t remember
me.

No doubt,
you remember
the cut-ups
who sat in the back—

passing
notes and
planning to hold
up the liquor store,

and those in front,
tiny adults—
scrubbed and
glistening,

listening
to every word and
imagining the doctors,
and business leaders

they were sure
to become.
I had a seat near
the middle—

away from
the window
side with
the mediocrities,

the ones
destined for nothing
grand.
For fun,

we used old photos
to place the grown ups
in desks,
and google

to trace their histories—
but nothing stood out
except the number
of empty chairs.

KINDNESS

This morning
I watched from
my window
as a neighbor
cleared my iced-in
walk.

The sound of the shovel
took me back to when
I liked a little
winter,
although I
can’t remember why.

I had imagined
myself shut
in til spring—
these days
I enjoy nothing as much
as the thought of calamity.

I don’t believe
she worked up a sweat
or sent her heart
racing—although
she saved me from both
and a sore back,

but when she finished
she carefully tapped
her Apple watch—
nowadays even
kindness must
be counted.