Category: Poetry
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A Light From Antiquity
In 2025 we had an opportunity to take a trip to Italy which also included an added cruise of the Greek Isles. One stop was in Mikonos, Greece … Magnificent!! While we walked amongst the beautiful white buildings and stone alleyways, we were fortunate to encounter Gioras Bakery and then were fortunate enough to be…
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The Peace Found in the Pines by a Pond
Tranquility is defined as a state free from disturbance — calm. Wonderment is a state of awed admiration or respect. When is the last time we allowed ourselves to experience either of these, let alone both? And how does one even travel to those “states”? I want to suggest we can get there the same…
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My Trip to 1885
On a cool spring day in May, I found myself in one of my favorite places to be in Boston when not in a coffee shop or Fenway Park. I found myself in a gallery in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This day in a small gallery off to the side, centered in front…
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You Already Know How to Write a Poem
Think about the last time something stopped you. A sky that went orange at the edges. A song that found you at exactly the wrong — or right — moment. The way a room feels after someone leaves it. You noticed. You felt something shift. That’s where poems begin. I decided at the start of…
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A Room of Wait
AI-generated image · Created with ChatGPT With a daughter in her residency, I have been attuned more to the lives impacted on both sides of healthcare. Our lives are a constant shifting of uncertainty in which we try to exert control, with mixed success. I think when it comes to our own health we wrestle…
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The Mercy of a Child
AI-generated image · Created with ChatGPT The moments that change us rarely announce themselves. Often, they arrive through the voice of a child — unfiltered, unguarded, and completely right. I’ve found that writing poetry is one of the most powerful ways I know to preserve those encounters, to keep them close long after the moment…
The Curious Table 