Poems

  • Anne Frank’s Neighbor

    She almost made it out into the day light again after years – years – without.  Fingers pressed against the pane of glass, behind a blackout curtain.  Sometimes in front of it, when she…

  • The Tyranny of Evidence

    I sat down to write a blog about my last two weekends – one camping, one at the beach.  Instead:    "My true love hath my heart and I have his?"It hooks me…

  • I Won

    My little sonnet won a prize.  I get a free book of poetry.  Yay.   Can’t wait til the week is over.  Can’t.  Wait.  Must.  Make.  It.  To.  Saturday.

  • Sonnet

    I wrote this today for a sonnet competition.  It was fun. In dull and muffled light the quiet two Digest the morning cereal and news He, cradling a cup of morning brew She, in his…

  • Warm up already

    In honor of this May, which is dragging its feet into summertime, when temperatures dip into the 50s, and we are all just READY for June. SEASONS Oh the wily wintertime with its…