For the past thirty-five years, I have been a recognized teacher of writing. However, only now that I have retired, have I had time to devote to my own writing. I say that I retired, but I still teach a comp class at the local community college, I run book
+ more bio informationSonnet For My Father You planted the tulips late in the fall, With knotted hands they were set in the ground, Some in the open and some by the wall, Working alone, you barely made a sound. Green blades broke through the snow in early spring, Announcing that winter would soon be through, And always you knew the colors they'd ... More..
I Am Alone, Catherine de Medici I was barely thirteen when I married, And never dreamed that I would be a queen. To Henri, a girl's young heart I carried, And fancied he could love a Florentine. But his mistress, Diane, possessed his heart, I had no way to change his direction, So I delved into potions and black art, But onl... More..
A Queen's Revenge Do you still hate me, queen who Henri wed? Lying with him in your eternal bed, His bones forever now trapped by your side, What you desired as a very young bride. Do you still hate me now that we are dead? Barren years with no child filled you with dread, I made sure he went to your bed instead, In time, yo... More..
Heading Home There he was, standing rod-like in the small breakfast room. My eyes darted toward him as I slowly opened the screen door and pulled my two-year old to my chest. This wasn't going to be easy. I desperately hoped that he had already drunk his first beer to "calm his nerves," as he put it. The summer before when w... More..
A Christmas Miracle "Mother, it is Elizabeth. Your daughter. How are you feeling today? "Out, out!" she cried. Sighing, I adjusted the footrest of her wheelchair, tucked her pink afghan over her legs and began rolling her toward the activity room for the Christmas sing-along. It had been this way for the past two years. My o... More..
A New Beginning Today two souls join together once more, Bringing the love of God and each other, With more bountiful promise than before, A validation of one another. Emerging from the golden chrysalis, The butterfly symbolizes rebirth, It soars with its mate in absolute bliss, With brightly colored wings above the earth, L... More..
A Bucket Full of Love Just before dawn on a warm spring morning following a light rain, Daddy and I set out to go mushroom hunting. Holding our tin bucket on my lap and dressed in long pants to avoid poison ivy and poison oak, we rattled along on the gravel road in his dented pickup truck toward an abandoned cemetery at Cher... More..
LOCKED IN A SCHOOL Children are not safe anymore. New blood on the blackboard is shed, But life will go on as before. A lone gunman bursts through the door, A child cries out, "Shoot me instead," Children are not safe anymore. The gun blasts with a piercing roar, A schoolgirl is shot through the head, But life will go on as ... More..
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