It was March 17th, fifty-seven years ago, A long time has passed, I know. She walked across the quad while I held my stance, She asked me to the Sadie Hawkins Dance. I said “Yes” for my own sake, And thought, “I’ll give the girl a break.” We went into the gym and danced on […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “A Sketch from Life”
On my way home from today I came upon a scene so sad It made me mad, and caused The blueness of the sky To grey. Today. My neighbor’s son had caught a snake And with great glee, he tied it to a stake For all to see. When it was done, with all the […]
Poetry Corner: William Emes “Sacrifice on the Front Line in Yountville”
Once it was between men wading in their own blood. Once it was between men cowering in trenches. It was between machine churning through the sand. It has been the vastness of the sea. It has been the emptiness of space. Now, it can never be wider. It stretches painfully between men who cannot understand […]
Poetry Corner: Ranjit Gill “Living or Just Breathing?”
Some live lives while others just live lies Every second dies. Surprised? Reliving the past Remembering the moments Tryna make ’em last. Bad feelings buried deeper than the bottom of a well. Negative feelings leading to straight to Hell.
Poetry Corner: James Garrett “High on a Hill”
High on a hill, In the day or the night, He will stand there just watching, And recalling the sight. One near yet so far, But still lost to the view, Is the one that he visits, And the one he talks to. Blossoms open in springtime, And crumple in fall, And he talks to […]
Poetry Corner: Bud Light “Mourn Not”
Mourn not untimely death; mourn not the waste of talents unrefined, of life not spent before Satanic illness, in its haste to kill reviled a life…from heaven sent. But count the moments—gems of treasured joy: The humor, strength and love he could impart. Each word, each smile—let not the grave destroy A soul which lives […]
Poetry Corner: Gene Kahane “My Girl”
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: Johanna Ely “What the Rain Has”
This rain has a silver tongue to taste the sweet silence of morning. It has lungs to breathe in the dawn’s goodbye— a last glance looking back over a shoulder of dark clouds. It has lips to mouth all the unspoken words caught in a dream. Listen! Rata-tat-tat— hard drops on skylight glass. This rain […]
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 […]