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That Day on the Gaza
This poem was written during the first Palestinian intifada. Because of what’s happening now in Gaza following the brutal Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, I am posting it here today. While no one should condone what took place … Continue reading
Two Recent Publications
These two poems have just been published in the latest edition of #Ranger “A Little Nightmare Music” and “Down by the Bonnie Banks” (a visual poem) #Ranger Magazine is an incredible space of creativity. See for yourself.
Thoughts on The Insurrection and a Poem in the American Spirit: Staten Island Ferry
I’ve spent the last seven days trying to come to terms with the events that rocked our nation a week ago at the Capitol. events that have left me, like everyone, shocked, angry and fearful. What has happened to the … Continue reading
Alone in Good Company (a sijo after Li Bai) – Eric Baker
Where shall I look, in seeking good company? Who will share my wine?Alas, I raise my gourd up to heaven- The moon, my partner.She shares my lonely cot; her rays the soft touch, one which I’ve forgot. © Eric Baker … Continue reading
Morning Tea – Janice Hoffman
The deer wander on the edge of the forest just beyond our property again this morning as branches wave a love song of early spring. Cardinals and their feathered cousins sing and call across the treetops while … Continue reading
Screen Dump 499 – Tom Corrado
You are masked and gloved . . . and socially distant . . . orbiting the silent film Orphans of the Storm . . . gingerly navigating the crapshoot of grocery-shopping . . . An essential to the soundless you eat the … Continue reading
One Meander – Pam Winters
One Meander Rocky wants to know whether hummingbirds long for tabla music. At a restaurant in Santa Rosa, I met a busboy who played a sort of blues on his sitar, a sort of masala of birdsong or fingersong. … Continue reading
Like Ghost Towns – Beth Simpson Huddleston
On my morning walks, the playgrounds are like ghost towns on an old TV set. Absent are the voices that rise in crescendos. Gone are the sweet giggles and the sibling challenges. To uplift my spirits, I imagine them in … Continue reading
In The Merry Month of May – Cathy Hailey
The springtime greening of the woods, the stippling of light green leaves,means the masking of native dogwoods, the camouflaging of squirrelsracing over tree roots, teetering on logs crossing Rattlesnake Creek, the thickening of the veil obscuring our view of trains … Continue reading
The First Week, Brandermill Woods Retirement Community — Larry Turner
Wednesday, March 11 At a staff/resident meeting to plan activities, we learned: No piano concert by outsider Don Irwin. Ouch! No pottery class with outside teacher. Ouch! No chair yoga class with outside leader. Ouch! No out-of-town guests. Thursday, … Continue reading
