Poet’s Corner – It’s National Poetry Month! Writing a poem isn’t as hard as you think. Especially if you don’t pay attention to formal forms or any form at all, if you are in the [...] April 4, 2022
Judy Ruskay Rabinor Talks About Making Peace with My Mother For many, Mother’s Day is a bittersweet holiday, the pressure to celebrate – exacerbated by a commercial juggernaut that pushes [...] May 4, 2021
Poet’s Corner – I Am From I am from a life wherechildhood is memoryI most often don’t describe all those years after I went to the George Washington [...] April 7, 2021
Poet’s Corner – Maybe Because April is National Poetry Month. Maybe poems can help a little. Maybe because there’s sun maybe because Peter told me a good story [...] April 3, 2020
Poet’s Corner: How to Age Gracefully (Maybe) Eat as much ice cream as possible. Remember Klondike bars? They still sell them in the supermarket. As good as you remember. [...] August 3, 2019
Poet’s Corner: Eva Said Eva Said that when she was a young crossing guard in Staten Island a paid job she became a professional crossing guard after they tried her [...] July 15, 2018
How to Write a POEM (REDUX) Many times during the years I have written a “How to Write a Poem Poem.” It’s one of those questions people ask. And even [...] April 9, 2017
Poet’s Corner: How To Write a Poem – Esther Cohen April is National Poetry Month. If you’ve ever wanted to write a poem, but don’t know how to get started, Esther Cohen tells [...] April 10, 2016