February 13

FEBRUARY 13 My first Valentine was delivered to my school locker the day before the appointed day as if to say “I’m first. Pick me!” It was attraction or teen lust and not Love, though that was what the card said to “thee” with it red hearts and a flocked dove. But this love was

Thank You Notes

I’m not a regular holiday card sender, but this year I wanted to send out some notes to people who helped me out during this rough 2020 year that are really not related to the December holidays or the new year. THANK-YOU NOTES This year I gave thank-you notes in December for Hanukkah, Christmas, the

Hello World

I tried a quick take on a writing prompt around the idea of “what if.”  The first thing that came to mind was programming language statements. There isn’t a what / if statement but that’s where I went with the prompt. My title comes from what might be the most famous program. Traditionally, it’s the

Open Reading Cento

A cento is a poem or other a literary work made up of quotations from other works.Mine is made from lines I heard at an open poetry reading. Open Reading Cento My body lets me know where it is with many, many sensationsbut nothing is worth thinking about. It really is. Nothing is worth thinking

Leda

This is my latest poem published by Poets Online. I have been using the monthly prompts there for years and it has kept me writing and trying new things. Leda and the Swan is a story from Greek mythology in which the god Zeus, in the form of a swan, rapes Leda. W. B. Yeats