Marigolds tied tightly together morning dew dripping from every petal. I picked them for the man on the corner whose needles lay...

Cooper River Park, Cherry Hill, NJ for my mother I was standing with the river rats, everyone saying what state of marriage or divorce...

I don’t think I have a motherland, just a strange monster in my imagination, stitched together with a Frankeinsteinian arrogance to...

1. We all share the same reason for being here. The chairs are arranged in a circle. The doctor seats herself in one of them. The plastic...

After Mary Ellen Mark At the Alano Club, a child of seven, I remember my mother sharing with a group of strangers and family that the...

In front of my living room window, on a splendid May afternoon, warm and sunny, a fat black crow rapturously caws over its good fortune....

You were never afraid of him when he was smiling How could you be? The curve of his lips, begging yours to curve as well The creases...

Like a knife sliding down a slab of butter that’s been sitting out in a counter on a hot day My brown eyes melt into your green. We hold...

Hold me, hold me, hold me like my laundry machine. My washer and my dryer and my mother who taught me how to fold sheets. They require...

this morning I watched a crow on a telephone wire act strangely I’m pretty sure he had the hiccups there was no other explanation I...

The grocery shop is packed with treasures and I spy on the box of goodies on the counter next to you they look delicious and tempting...

In the teacup, only a teaspoon of liquid remains, almost room temperature now. My left hand lifts the cup, my eyelids drop for a moment....