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

Scottie E. McDaniell Member-at-large   Today as I walked through a parking lot     I gazed at the people I passed, but not one fixed his or her eyes upon me ... Read more

Bette J Lafferty Tampa Branch   I write in the night    without a light, my pad    on my stomach does lay.   With a finger I guide    ... Read more

Janet Fagal Central New York Branch   My grandparents’ summer place, country kitchen with green cast iron cookstove. Pantry room to right of sink unit. A tableau to explore.   ... Read more