I do not want to go home yet, For the night sky is but navy, The moon one third, And the girl with the wrist tattoo, Has not stopped looking my way. And so I sit, Writing this very poem, Hoping she’ll recognize my serious pen, The way my hand presses against my head, And […]
Poetry Corner: Dave Holt “Love Thrives”
Tender as the perfectly formed phrase that Satie played, enchanting as a story book on a blustery night when the blanket of dark enfolds us close, comforting as courage discovered on a retreat of the moon. Stepping into the glare of a rain-slick street, I turn to catch the warm glow, smile at the window, […]
Poetry Corner: Georgette Howington “When I’m Gone”
If you think of me in Spring, my love, let the perfume from orange blossoms carried by a gentle breeze kiss you lightly on the cheek and bluebirds lift your spirit where clouds drift across the sky with no limits to your heart’s song. If you think of me in summer, my love, let the […]
Poetry Corner: Allegra Silberstein “Catch the Heart Off-Guard (A Line from Seamus Heaney)”
In your body I heard rivers sing their way to the ocean, your heartbeat the pounding surf. You came unannounced out of the night’s dream like morning dew. Now the wind shouts your name, you are the reason of my evening song. Stars of the night shine in your eyes and I—alive in your dream […]
Poetry Corner: Carol Pearlman “The Revolution in Cuba”
I stepped out of my shoes took off my skirt and shirt and laid them next to the bent antenna on the dusty, broken TV set that faced the wall of peeling faded wallpaper. A four-pronged plug lay belly up on the floor like a dead cockroach. He sat on the bed and with his […]
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “You Were There”
I awoke in the morning and you were there, With sleep-filled eyes and tousled hair. At work all day the job I share, Goes easily by because you are there. To hurry home to be with you, With a smile of love shining through. The two best loves in the world to share. When our […]
Poetry Corner: Deborah Silverman “Love and Climate Change”
Love didn’t rush through us like a drenching storm riding the jet stream. It hinted its arrival on a fresh, ordinary day – a day of no cognizance of weather or love, when a Chevy was for cruising and schmoozing and catching the latest flick at the drive-in. Love drizzled lightly into awareness sharing burgers […]
Poetry Corner: Cathy Dana “When She Comes to Me”
She comes to me in my dreams sometimes. Like last night— Jim and I traveling on foot like refugees, or pilgrims amidst so many others searching, hoping to find—what? We weren’t home, weren’t on familiar turf, there were open-air markets, tents and camps. I was standing on the path, a dirt road. Out of the […]
Poetry Corner: D.L. Lang “Love Poetry Capital Blockade”
On the way to the love poetry awards at the Historical Museum today, we were met at the railroad crossing by a one car police blockade. We circled around Industrial Way with its refinery fumes, pipelines, and towering knotted highways. Every road that we attempted greeted us with large fences, big trees, or dead end […]