Meeting Death Full of Curiosity: Three Poems
Our lives are full of curious and mysterious things, and I’m quite certain what came before our birth and after …
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Once Upon a Time in America, Two Poems
At a time when we are all striving toward some optimism because the future looks so dark, I almost hate …
Easter Gladness, Nobel Poet Milosz on How the World Ends & Begins Again
A Song on the End of the WorldBy Czeslaw Milosz On the day the world endsA bee circles a clover,A …
Wonder & Worship, Poems for Easter
Primary Wonder, by Denise Levertov Days pass when I forget the mystery.Problems insoluble and problems offeringtheir own ignored solutionsjostle for …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part III – Disappointed Love
When I first fell in love, it was a hot thing—urgent, possessive, almost feverish at times. I truly saw love …
Memoir of a Marriage, Part II – Erotic Love
photo here In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child …
Memoir of a Marriage in Poetry, Part I – Innocent Love
In celebration of April as National Poetry Month and our 50th wedding anniversary (yes, I was a child bride), I’ll …
To Live Content With Small Things
A few pebbles for the pond . . . . To live content with small things; To seek elegance rather …
Letters From Beyond the Grave on Memorial Day
While neither of these poems have anything in particular to do with remembering those who have given their lives to …
Perfect Pairings – Klee and cummings
I’ve long been a huge fan of Paul Klee’s paintings and e.e. cummings’ poetry, and for similar reasons: their playfulness …
