By Jane Gates Lies Pensacola Branch, Pensacola   I want the world I used to know The one that Was only mine,   Of comfort, Of queens, Of dolls, And ... Read more

By Barbara Castle Hanson Cape Canaveral, Florida Branch   She emerges from the rehab center like a wounded bird let loose into the sky after being nursed back to health. ... Read more

By Margaret L. Hanna Central Ohio Branch   As tall as my viburnum bush Stone girl stands Empty water well at her side. She waits. Cement bucket at her bare ... Read more

By Janet Fagal Central New York Branch     Our garden’s growing dinosaur food! The vines are invading our yard! I use one to “call” my grandma. She says she ... Read more

A blitz poem* by Catherine Horn and Linda Hortick Greenwich Branch, Connecticut Read about the two poet’s collaboration for this poem.   Writing poetry opens my soul Writing poetry is ... Read more

  By Dorothy Kamm Vero Beach Branch, Florida   As the sun skims above the treetops             lining the east,                         the Dawn Chorus begins:   HERE I AM!   HERE ... Read more