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This Monarch butterfly dances from petal to petal red, yellow and orange sits for a while on each and then
She was old already when you had her in 8th grade and she said you should sit in the first seat third row right in front of her for
Twin sons in different cities decked out in new suits fly home for the holidays arrive at the airport
She lives by a lake. After a heavy snow she looks out the window and sees black swans in a long, straight line
Cold Coffee they call him and only a few people know his real name, this odd fellow who raises pigs off the coast of Ireland and comes to town
After 30 years together, Carol tells me late one evening in the manner of a quiet wife that I have yet to write a poem about her, something she
It’s pretty simple, really. The world will end whether we believe the Bible is a myth or truth. If the Bible is the truth,
How many times have I said I’m through teasing myself, through pretending I don’t enjoy the wreath of a woman
America has had presidents who will be remembered as much for what they said as for what they did. Americans will never forget
They are a certain way certain ladies are today no matter where they are summer, fall winter, spring even
I told my guest it’s just a poem doesn’t mean a thing a salad tossed with colors bright
She could sing, dance, and act but picking a man was a problem. She didn’t complain or explain just worked hard for the money, an Unsinkable Molly Brown.
Every once in awhile over the last 40 years Ralph wondered what might have happened to the guy who had moved in with the mother
Melanie is from a small town and finds a job in a big city and meets Bill, the man she wants… marry so she calls Alice, her sist… older and married, for advice.
They’ve been here for years two blue jays who live in our yard year round. In winter they’re silent at the feeder but screeching
