Poet’s Corner: The Night Taxi It’s been snowing for hours and the only people on this street tonight are you and some woman who was also on the train late, and the [...] March 11, 2018
Poet’s Corner – Oranges Oranges, the way my mother ate them. Standing at the sink, eating the slices one by one in rapid succession, in-between chores, determined [...] March 4, 2018
The Poet’s Corner – To Do List Maybe pare it down to essentials, take away what you don’t need, one by one. The clutter of obligations, the bragging rights of being [...] September 24, 2017
The Poet’s Corner – Lessons Lessons The summer yard is held in the gaze of the noon day sun. You squint at fractals of light caught in your lashes. She is [...] August 27, 2017
Poet’s Corner – Eve’s Complaints Every year it’s something with the hose. There was the year we started to unravel it in early spring, and found a nest of impossibly [...] June 4, 2017
Poet’s Corner – Times Seven The morning’s light convinces the leaf on the top of the tallest tree to stir and unfurl, a green page opening to the beginning. [...] March 31, 2017
Poet’s Corner: Lessons for the New Year I wanted to write a poem for the new year inspired by the blank, daily squares of January in my new calendar, and my love of fresh starts. [...] January 8, 2017
Poet’s Corner – After Solstice – Susan Moorhead After Solstice The first winter night after December 21st comes with a promise of longer days and shorter nights, yet the yard is pitch [...] December 23, 2016