Rants of the Newly Old

            This afternoon I went to a Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon, a workshop led by Peggy Robles-Alvara...

The New York City subway system has, since 1992, had a Poetry in Motion program, with a new poem posted in subway cars ...

Across the Sea Two ships sail west across the Atlantic. The first carries what the shipowners call "ca...

The Moment My Mother Died It was quiet in the hospital at 7 p.m. She was hooked up only to the morphine drip And...

Personal History Can you say, “Fifty years ago, I (did, was, etc.)...”? Is fifty years ago ancient history to yo...

The prompt is "My (blank), the (blank)" so here's my effort. My Memory, the Traitor I learned earl...

Swing music might have been my parents’ soundtrack If they danced. Swing dancing always looks like so much fun, ...

Biology is the birds and the bees, how life works, from the flea to the elephant. Chemistry makes us high, expla...

How to Drive Yourself Insane Offer to write a short interview piece. Acquire a free recording app for your iPad....

Dare you Do you dare to eat a peach? Do you dare to swim upstream? Do you dare to wear chartreuse? Do you dare to leave the team...