Poetry

Praise of Darkness

by Francine Marie Tolf
We touch one another with defter fingers at night. Rain sounds different, its steady falling…
Poetry

Hymn, with Birds and Cats

by Francine Marie Tolf
I will praise my failures. I will praiseWhat I have not accomplished and do not…
Poetry

Cottonwoods

by Francine Marie Tolf
You know from their deeply grooved barkthey hold marvelous stories.They are taller than oak treesand…
Poetry

Tiger Lilies

by Francine Marie Tolf
Like King David, they have drunkthe wine of astonishment. Mouths open wide,they lean toward me…
Poetry

Lilly

by Francine Marie Tolf
At fifty-three, I sometimes feel a subtle but irreversible sadness seeping into my blood. I…
Poetry

Summer Poem

by Francine Marie Tolf
I am tired of my dreams’ dark interiors and the family ghosts who inhabit them.…