Three days of rainseems more appropriateto observe Memorial Daythan days of bright sunshine,barbecues, picnics,and giant sales formattresses and appliances.It’s not meant to be a celebration after all,but a day of…
Your dreams were small,except for those you loved.You wanted little.Your needs were few.You had nothing of valuesave for what was in your heart,and that bounty overflowed—a never ending waterfall that…
Are memories like snowflakes,falling on our eyelashes,so beautiful, so easily dissolved?Are they like dust motesthat float in the sunlight,or bring a tear to the eyebefore dissolving into the mist?The wind…
Twenty-four years,nearly a quarter of a century,since the Twin Towers felland the world was changed forever.Three months inI lost my mother,and as devastatingas the attack on the Towers was,my first…
Twenty-three years gonesince the world turned upside down;The grief still lingers.Where once we held strong,bonded in our common pain,now we take pictures.Instead of succor, we postuseless videos online.We feed hate-mongers,…
At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the guns were silent; Armistice Day for the war meant to end all wars. The road to hell…
However you spend your Memorial Day Weekend, I hope you enjoy the festivities, but remember to take a few minutes to quietly remember those who made the greatest sacrifice so…
It’s five days till Christmas and I’m thinking about poetry. I’m thinking about a lot of other things too— at this time of year there’s always a lot to think…
I have known you since you were a toddler, ten years younger than my best friend and me. You were spoiled and annoying; we would never be friends, but we…
