Barb Whitmarsh Bayou City II, Texas   (To Dad)   He will always be my Monet My tired-eyed yet dutiful father All of his paintings Are emblazoned on my mind ... Read more

Rose Baldwin Palm Springs Branch, California   The book was on a list of poetry to read of course I bought a copy of such a famous screed   I ... Read more

Mimi Paris Boca Raton   The Emergency Room numbers on the screen keep on going down. I head for the nurse. She’s talking, laughing.   I tell her, “Look!” Her ... Read more

Lorraine Walker Williams Southwest Florida Branch   To place, slip seeds into moist soil, shutter from light, incubate and wait. To plant is the first lesson in patience.   Plant, ... Read more

Susan Bassler Pickford Member-at-large, Portland, Maine   Turn: Middle English; partly from Old English tyrnan and turnian to turn, from Medieval Latin tornare, from Latin, to turn on a lathe, ... Read more

Karen L. Kirshner Long Island Branch, New York   We pay for the choices we made in youth, actions stemming from a presumption of immortality, which, once played become crimes ... Read more