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I have three poems in the current issue of The Write Launch. Here is the first: A Turn Around Town I take the cobbled path through townthat I have walked for years.The streets are for the wary—ice strewn here and … Continue reading →

I have a second poem in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Here is the poem: Sounding Off Most days my lifeis hijackedby the cacophony of everyday.All those quietthings I love— like raking leaves,shoveling snow,or sitting in the garden suncommuningwith the birds— … Continue reading →

I have two poems in the Schuylkill Valley Journal. Here is the first. What I’ve Been Missing It’s a two-parka morning.Bare beech branchesshiver in the considerable wind. Yet, I am out on my lawn chairin the back yard,head tilted to … Continue reading →

I’ve two poems in the current issue of Misfit Magazine. Here is the second: My Sister’s Memoir I bought the last copyout of the display windowat the bookshop on the corner,where your face had smiled at meevery time I passedas … Continue reading →

I’ve two poems in the current issue of Misfit Magazine. Here is the first and a link to the issue. Latkes I hand gratethe potatoes and onionsthough my friendshave switched to food processors.My grandma always saidthat without a bit of … Continue reading →

My poem, Looking for America, was made into a choral by the composer Marty Rokeach and recently performed (the choral was renamed Remembering We’re Are Alive). Here is the poem and the link to the performance: Looking for America Let … Continue reading →

My grandmother liked nothingbetter than to walk in the rain.On days when most were calculatinghow best to stay dry while getting from A to Bshe would don her old gray raincoatand even older brown umbrellaand walk a few miles down … Continue reading →

This first appeared in Word Fountain and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A friend reminded me of its existence. It’s been that kind of year. The Year We All Got Cancer Winter stayed.The April rain so coldit left blisters … Continue reading →

My Poem, North Country, was just published in Issue 11 of Livina Press. Here is the poem North Country Inspired by the Bob Dylan song Girl from the North Country fairand winter whitewith unblemishedsnow to my hipsand a cold so … Continue reading →

My poem, Prized Possession, is up at Lothlorien Poetry Journal. Here is the poem: Prized Possession Yogi was short and fatand prone to tearswhen thingsdidn’t go his way. At elevenhe was the firstof our gangto get glasses. We were friendsand … Continue reading →