Author: admin

Her ink in dark blue, subtle shades on mocha in the modest triangle beneath a bright smile suggests true art on larger canvas hidden by a tantalizing drape of white cotton blouse. She scans my items, says hello and means it, and...

For the three activists abducted and murdered in Neshoba County, Mississippi, in June 1964, during the Civil Rights Movement. Celebrate this day as solstice, the beginning of sunshine summer that brings life to this tourist town...

The man in the seat ahead is impatient. Not fast enough, he says. The wrong brand of Scotch. The flight attendant keeps smiling, even though she’s been up eighteen hours, hearing him complain for the past five. A friend is a...

My mother (dying of cancer, smoking until her last breath), angry about research dollars: those people don’t deserve it. They brought this on themselves. She never saw the irony. Meanwhile, we watched as faces disappeared from...

You remember the film where the man played a trick on the woman’s mind? He hid her keys over and over until she believed in her own insanity rather than his cruelty—an easy thing to do. It makes me think of you, Anita, and your...

I have heard too many of those dispirited voices complain that the rain is too grim –– that clouds shut out light and the pitter-patter too dull for this, and every enchanting night. Only in minds, do they think all things dull...

Of childhood Christmas, I remember hope and honesty, how dashing the lights shone. how pure the snow lay. A wish to Santa Claus: Tomorrow, I want to be the grownup I always dreamed about. Carry my own suitcases Fly my own plane...

After Wallace Stevens’ Ideas of Order at Key West Six o’clock –– The station of anonymous faces. Dull heels echo fatigue. Dusk triggers gravy and oil diffused in the alleyway The lady’s smile is faint –– unlike the pan that...

Too much grey, walls, floor— would I be happier if the room had more colors? I’d like us all to be content Black Converse run through the room and outside silver eyelets sparkle— Mike’s back! Pine trees out the window don’t move...