Woman Holding Asparagus I’m wearing a floral print dress Pearls around my neck The white ivory bracelet a gift from my husband He bought it in an antique shop I am standing in my sister-in-law’s kitchen holding a spear of asparagus smiling for the camera Perhaps the photographer asks, What’s for dinner? I brought asparagus, … [Read more…]
On Vine Trail The bench surrounded by wildflowers A slender finger of grass pokes through wood slats Four tiny petals flutter Are you blue-eyed Susan or Mary? I daydream we are friends whispering secrets I’ve always longed for daughters although I have two marvelous sons Tell me your secret … [Read more…]
Original cover painting by Elaine Lewis Water Over Time All I know now is what I remember Forty years have swallowed my house Mold on concrete is hard to remove easier to build anew In the mom and pop across the street I bought cigarettes for 35 cents A proud clerk tells me this was … [Read more…]
Original cover painting by Elaine Lewis Water Over Time All I know now is what I remember Forty years have swallowed my house Mold on concrete is hard to remove easier to build anew In the mom and pop across the street I bought cigarettes for 35 cents A proud clerk tells me this … [Read more…]
In Suzzane’s Garden there is an infestation of flowers Roses tea roses wild roses magenta orange red pink red leaking yellow hints of yellow tints and fades and mutes and much iris! purple beards deep purple tongues climbing honeysuckle sweet! and trellises of lovely white roses more roses! braces holding buds peonies! leaves fluttering dots … [Read more…]