Poetry
The Cure for It All
Go gently today, don’t hurryor think about the next thing. Walkwith the quiet trees, can…
Poetry
Poem Ending with a Line by Rumi
White-throated sparrows dart inand out of the hedgerow,their sweet long notes risingabove the thicket, the…
Poetry
Belonging
And if it’s true we are alone,we are alone together,the way blades of grassare alone,…
Poetry
Pigeons
Because they crowd the cornerof every city street,because they are the colorof sullied steel,because they…
Poetry
For the Love of Avocados
I sent him from home hardly more than a child.Years later, he came back loving…
Poetry
Ode to Autumn
So many colors abandon the earth,and go skyward to the treeslike origami birds, scarlet, orange,…
Poetry
When Beginning the Poem
may there be a listeningrather than a making curiosity over expectation, lightness and ease,no strainingtoward…
Poetry
The Kinneret
Over the hills in the north, the lake comes into view—azure blue water.At first you…
Poetry
My People
Dream-singers,Story-tellers,Dancers,Loud laughers in the hands of Fate— My People.Dish-washers,Elevator-boys,Ladies’ maids,Crap-shooters,Cooks,Waiters,Jazzers,Nurses of babies,Loaders of ships,Porters,Hairdressers,Comedians in vaudevilleAnd…
