A Memorial Day poem about love, grief, and grace:   M aybe in the grip of pain E ach moment seems like years. M aybe there is beauty tha...

  A name poem for a woman who can’t help humming the music playing non-stop in her head:   S ally sings incessantly, A s though her inner vo...

  A poem for Mother’s Day to a mother whose grown-up child is about to leave home:   H eave a happy sigh of pain and pride, A nticipat...

Marriage is part business, part romance; Part contract, part licensure, part dance. Why marriage? Isn't love enough? Not really, when t...

  A political poem, written after 9/11, about the mistake of fighting terror as you would a conventional war:   So many years! And now w...

  A philosophical number poem about the meaning of forever:   Forever isn't endless time. It isn't time at all. For time's the...

  A 33 rd anniversary poem contrasting the sexual pleasures of love and lust:   T he passion of love, the passion of lust: H ow might ...